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