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: “ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।” (a) Do you talk to your grandparents daily? (b) We walk to the kirana shop. (c) The train is half an hour late.
- 2.Choose the English for: “वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) She walked to the bus stop. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 3.Choose the English for: “क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) The buses are very crowded. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 4.In 'helped', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /d/ (b) /id/ (c) /t/
- 5.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /s/ (c) /iz/
- 6.Choose the English for: “बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।” (a) The train is half an hour late. (b) I wrote the wrong number. (c) The buses are very crowded.
- 7.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) Please sign the form here. (c) Please listen to the announcement.
- 8.Choose the English for: “उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं।” (a) The train is half an hour late. (b) I hurt my knee in the match. (c) She bought two pens and three books.
- 9.Make a sentence: wrote / I / wrong / the / number.
- 10.The film is two and a ___ hours long. (a) haf (b) half (c) halph
- 11.Choose the English for: “मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।” (a) The train is half an hour late. (b) Please sign the form here. (c) I hurt my knee in the match.
- 12.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sighn (b) sine (c) sign
- 13.Make a sentence: knife. / pass / the / Please / me
- 14.Make a sentence: here. / sign / form / Please / the
- 15.Choose the English for: “कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) He needed help with the forms. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
- 16.Choose the English for: “हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।” (a) I know the answer. (b) We played cricket in the lane. (c) He needed help with the forms.
- 17.In 'played', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /id/ (b) /t/ (c) /d/
- 18.Make a sentence: the / me / knife. / pass / Please
- 19.What does “I wrote the wrong number.” mean? (a) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (b) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया। (c) मुझे जवाब पता है।
- 20.What does “Please listen to the announcement.” mean? (a) वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई। (b) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (c) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।
- 21.What does “I know the answer.” mean? (a) मुझे जवाब पता है। (b) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं? (c) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े।
- 22.Make a sentence: buses / The / very / are / crowded.
- 23.What does “On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.” mean? (a) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (b) मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी। (c) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।
- 24.Make a sentence: to / grandparents / your / you / Do / daily? / talk
- 25.Make a sentence: me / pass / Please / knife. / the
- 26.Choose the English for: “उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।” (a) He needed help with the forms. (b) The buses are very crowded. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 27.What does “Do you talk to your grandparents daily?” mean? (a) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (b) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (c) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- 28.Choose the English for: “कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।” (a) I hurt my knee in the match. (b) We walk to the kirana shop. (c) Please listen to the announcement.
- 29.What does “She walked to the bus stop.” mean? (a) उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी। (b) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं? (c) वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।
- 30.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knive (b) knife (c) nife
- 31.I ___ to music every day. (a) lisen (b) listen (c) listin
- 32.What does “I hurt my knee in the match.” mean? (a) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है। (b) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई। (c) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- 33.What does “The train is half an hour late.” mean? (a) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (b) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए। (c) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- 34.Make a sentence: with / He / forms. / the / help / needed
- 35.Make a sentence: I / the / know / answer.
- 36.Make a sentence: played / lane. / cricket / We / in / the
- 37.Make a sentence: needed / help / the / He / with / forms.
- 38.Make a sentence: knife. / pass / Please / me / the
- 39.What does “My father watches the news.” mean? (a) वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई। (b) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (c) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
- 40.Choose the English for: “रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े।” (a) I wrote the wrong number. (b) She bought two pens and three books. (c) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
Answer key
- The train is half an hour late.
- She walked to the bus stop.
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- /t/
- /iz/
- The buses are very crowded.
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- She bought two pens and three books.
- I wrote the wrong number.
- half
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- sign
- Please pass me the knife.
- Please sign the form here.
- Please pass me the knife.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- /d/
- Please pass me the knife.
- मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- मुझे जवाब पता है।
- The buses are very crowded.
- रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े।
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- Please pass me the knife.
- He needed help with the forms.
- क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- Please listen to the announcement.
- वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।
- knife
- listen
- मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।
- ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।
- He needed help with the forms.
- I know the answer.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- He needed help with the forms.
- Please pass me the knife.
- मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
- On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
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