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