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