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