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