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Silent Letters and -ed Endings Worksheet

English speaking lesson 14: Silent letters and -ed / -s endings · Set 601 · 40 questions
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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. 1.What does “She bought two pens and three books.” mean? (a) उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं। (b) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है। (c) उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।
  2. 2.What does “Please listen to the announcement.” mean? (a) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (b) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (c) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।
  3. 3.What does “We walk to the kirana shop.” mean? (a) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है। (b) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (c) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
  4. 4.What does “Please pass me the knife.” mean? (a) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (b) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
  5. 5.Make a sentence: My / father / the / watches / news.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: talk / daily? / you / Do / grandparents / to / your
  7. 7.Make a sentence: walked / the / stop. / bus / She / to
  8. 8.Make a sentence: match. / the / my / knee / in / I / hurt
  9. 9.Choose the English for: “उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।” (a) He needed help with the forms. (b) Please pass me the knife. (c) Please listen to the announcement.
  10. 10.Choose the English for: “क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?” (a) My father watches the news. (b) She walked to the bus stop. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
  11. 11.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /s/ (b) /z/ (c) /iz/
  12. 12.Choose the English for: “हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।” (a) We played cricket in the lane. (b) She bought two pens and three books. (c) We walk to the kirana shop.
  13. 13.In 'wanted', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /t/ (b) /d/ (c) /id/
  14. 14.In 'helped', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /t/ (b) /d/ (c) /id/
  15. 15.He is an ___ man; he never lies. (a) onest (b) honest (c) honist
  16. 16.Make a sentence: cricket / lane. / the / in / We / played
  17. 17.Choose the English for: “मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) My father watches the news. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
  18. 18.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।” (a) She bought two pens and three books. (b) Please pass me the knife. (c) I wanted a cup of chai.
  19. 19.What does “Please sign the form here.” mean? (a) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए। (b) मुझे जवाब पता है। (c) उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं।
  20. 20.Make a sentence: kirana / walk / shop. / to / the / We
  21. 21.Make a sentence: match. / the / hurt / my / I / knee / in
  22. 22.What does “I wanted a cup of chai.” mean? (a) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (b) मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी। (c) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
  23. 23.What does “The buses are very crowded.” mean? (a) मुझे जवाब पता है। (b) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है। (c) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pass / knife. / me / Please / the
  25. 25.Make a sentence: with / the / needed / forms. / He / help
  26. 26.What does “My father watches the news.” mean? (a) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (b) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (c) उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।
  27. 27.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sighn (b) sign (c) sine
  28. 28.Make a sentence: honest / an / shopkeeper. / is / He
  29. 29.Make a sentence: He / with / the / forms. / help / needed
  30. 30.Make a sentence: hurt / in / my / the / I / match. / knee
  31. 31.Make a sentence: bus / walked / She / stop. / to / the
  32. 32.Choose the English for: “मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।” (a) I know the answer. (b) She walked to the bus stop. (c) I wrote the wrong number.
  33. 33.Choose the English for: “कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।” (a) Please sign the form here. (b) Please listen to the announcement. (c) She walked to the bus stop.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: lane. / in / We / the / cricket / played
  35. 35.The film is two and a ___ hours long. (a) half (b) haf (c) halph
  36. 36.Choose the English for: “वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) I wrote the wrong number. (c) She walked to the bus stop.
  37. 37.I ___ to music every day. (a) listen (b) lisen (c) listin
  38. 38.What does “I hurt my knee in the match.” mean? (a) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई। (b) उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं। (c) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
  39. 39.Make a sentence: forms. / He / with / help / needed / the
  40. 40.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knife (b) knive (c) nife

Answer key

  1. उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं।
  2. कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
  3. हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
  4. कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।
  5. My father watches the news.
  6. Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
  7. She walked to the bus stop.
  8. I hurt my knee in the match.
  9. He needed help with the forms.
  10. Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
  11. /iz/
  12. We walk to the kirana shop.
  13. /id/
  14. /t/
  15. honest
  16. We played cricket in the lane.
  17. My father watches the news.
  18. I wanted a cup of chai.
  19. कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।
  20. We walk to the kirana shop.
  21. I hurt my knee in the match.
  22. मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।
  23. बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
  24. Please pass me the knife.
  25. He needed help with the forms.
  26. मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
  27. sign
  28. He is an honest shopkeeper.
  29. He needed help with the forms.
  30. I hurt my knee in the match.
  31. She walked to the bus stop.
  32. I wrote the wrong number.
  33. Please sign the form here.
  34. We played cricket in the lane.
  35. half
  36. She walked to the bus stop.
  37. listen
  38. मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।
  39. He needed help with the forms.
  40. knife

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