Silent Letters and -ed Endings Worksheet
How to say it (kn → n, wr → r, mb → m; silent h in hour, l in walk): Silent K, W, B: knife, know, knee (नाइफ़, नो); write, wrong; comb, climb, thumb. Don't say 'k-nife' or 'climb-b'. Silent T, L, H, G: listen, castle; walk, talk, half; hour, honest; sign, foreign. -ed: /t/ after p, k, s, sh, ch (helped, walked); /d/ after other voiced sounds (played, cleaned); /id/ after t or d (wanted, needed). -s / -es: /s/ after p, t, k (cups, books); /z/ after voiced sounds (pens, bags); /iz/ after s, sh, ch, z (buses, watches).
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- 1.Choose the English for: “उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) Please pass me the knife. (c) She bought two pens and three books.
- 2.Make a sentence: grandparents / you / daily? / your / talk / Do / to
- 3.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /s/ (c) /iz/
- 4.Choose the English for: “ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।” (a) The train is half an hour late. (b) Please listen to the announcement. (c) She walked to the bus stop.
- 5.Make a sentence: to / you / daily? / your / grandparents / Do / talk
- 6.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।” (a) My father watches the news. (b) I wanted a cup of chai. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
- 7.He is an ___ man; he never lies. (a) honest (b) honist (c) onest
- 8.Choose the English for: “मुझे जवाब पता है।” (a) I know the answer. (b) She walked to the bus stop. (c) Please pass me the knife.
- 9.What does “I wanted a cup of chai.” mean? (a) मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी। (b) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं? (c) मुझे जवाब पता है।
- 10.Make a sentence: shopkeeper. / He / honest / an / is
- 11.Make a sentence: shop. / the / kirana / We / to / walk
- 12.What does “He needed help with the forms.” mean? (a) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया। (b) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है। (c) उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।
- 13.What does “She bought two pens and three books.” mean? (a) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (b) उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं। (c) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।
- 14.What does “Please listen to the announcement.” mean? (a) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए। (b) मुझे जवाब पता है। (c) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- 15.Choose the English for: “मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।” (a) He needed help with the forms. (b) I hurt my knee in the match. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
- 16.In 'played', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /d/ (b) /t/ (c) /id/
- 17.Make a sentence: wrong / number. / wrote / I / the
- 18.What does “She walked to the bus stop.” mean? (a) मुझे जवाब पता है। (b) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (c) वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।
- 19.Make a sentence: sign / here. / the / form / Please
- 20.Choose the English for: “उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।” (a) I know the answer. (b) I wrote the wrong number. (c) He needed help with the forms.
- 21.Choose the English for: “मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) I wanted a cup of chai. (c) My father watches the news.
- 22.I ___ to music every day. (a) listin (b) lisen (c) listen
- 23.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sign (b) sighn (c) sine
- 24.Choose the English for: “बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) The train is half an hour late. (c) The buses are very crowded.
- 25.What does “The buses are very crowded.” mean? (a) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (b) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- 26.Make a sentence: cricket / the / played / in / We / lane.
- 27.Choose the English for: “हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) We walk to the kirana shop. (c) I hurt my knee in the match.
- 28.Choose the English for: “क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) Please listen to the announcement. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 29.Choose the English for: “कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) I hurt my knee in the match. (c) Please pass me the knife.
- 30.Make a sentence: to / Please / the / listen / announcement.
- 31.Choose the English for: “कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill. (c) She walked to the bus stop.
- 32.What does “We walk to the kirana shop.” mean? (a) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (b) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है। (c) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
- 33.Make a sentence: to / the / kirana / shop. / walk / We
- 34.Make a sentence: Please / sign / the / here. / form
- 35.Make a sentence: the / form / sign / Please / here.
- 36.Make a sentence: half / late. / train / an / The / hour / is
- 37.Make a sentence: buses / crowded. / are / very / The
- 38.What does “I wrote the wrong number.” mean? (a) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई। (b) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया। (c) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
- 39.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knife (b) knive (c) nife
- 40.Make a sentence: crowded. / are / very / The / buses
Answer key
- She bought two pens and three books.
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- /iz/
- The train is half an hour late.
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- honest
- I know the answer.
- मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।
- He is an honest shopkeeper.
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।
- उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं।
- कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- /d/
- I wrote the wrong number.
- वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।
- Please sign the form here.
- He needed help with the forms.
- My father watches the news.
- listen
- sign
- The buses are very crowded.
- बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
- We played cricket in the lane.
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- Please pass me the knife.
- Please listen to the announcement.
- Please listen to the announcement.
- हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- Please sign the form here.
- Please sign the form here.
- The train is half an hour late.
- The buses are very crowded.
- मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- knife
- The buses are very crowded.
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