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