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Silent Letters and -ed Endings Worksheet

English speaking lesson 14: Silent letters and -ed / -s endings · Set 995 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Make a sentence: wrote / number. / the / I / wrong
  2. 2.Choose the English for: “उसने दो पेन और तीन किताबें ख़रीदीं।” (a) The buses are very crowded. (b) I wanted a cup of chai. (c) She bought two pens and three books.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: hour / late. / an / The / train / is / half
  4. 4.Choose the English for: “कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।” (a) She bought two pens and three books. (b) I wrote the wrong number. (c) Please listen to the announcement.
  5. 5.Choose the English for: “वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।” (a) We walk to the kirana shop. (b) He needed help with the forms. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
  6. 6.Choose the English for: “मुझे जवाब पता है।” (a) I know the answer. (b) Do you talk to your grandparents daily? (c) She walked to the bus stop.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: news. / watches / My / the / father
  8. 8.Make a sentence: lane. / in / cricket / We / the / played
  9. 9.Choose the English for: “मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।” (a) My father watches the news. (b) I wanted a cup of chai. (c) She bought two pens and three books.
  10. 10.I ___ to music every day. (a) lisen (b) listin (c) listen
  11. 11.What does “The buses are very crowded.” mean? (a) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (b) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है। (c) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
  12. 12.Choose the English for: “क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?” (a) Do you talk to your grandparents daily? (b) He is an honest shopkeeper. (c) She bought two pens and three books.
  13. 13.He is an ___ man; he never lies. (a) onest (b) honist (c) honest
  14. 14.What does “Do you talk to your grandparents daily?” mean? (a) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं? (b) मुझे जवाब पता है। (c) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।
  15. 15.What does “My father watches the news.” mean? (a) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (b) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है। (c) मुझे जवाब पता है।
  16. 16.Choose the English for: “मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।” (a) The train is half an hour late. (b) I hurt my knee in the match. (c) I wrote the wrong number.
  17. 17.What does “Please sign the form here.” mean? (a) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (b) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (c) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।
  18. 18.Choose the English for: “ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।” (a) We played cricket in the lane. (b) The train is half an hour late. (c) The buses are very crowded.
  19. 19.Choose the English for: “मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।” (a) He is an honest shopkeeper. (b) I wrote the wrong number. (c) The train is half an hour late.
  20. 20.What does “I wanted a cup of chai.” mean? (a) मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी। (b) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
  21. 21.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knive (b) nife (c) knife
  22. 22.Choose the English for: “हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।” (a) I know the answer. (b) Please pass me the knife. (c) We played cricket in the lane.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: the / played / in / We / cricket / lane.
  24. 24.What does “He is an honest shopkeeper.” mean? (a) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (b) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (c) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।
  25. 25.Choose the English for: “रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill. (c) We walk to the kirana shop.
  26. 26.What does “We played cricket in the lane.” mean? (a) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (b) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (c) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।
  27. 27.Make a sentence: I / the / wrong / number. / wrote
  28. 28.What does “We walk to the kirana shop.” mean? (a) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (b) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
  29. 29.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sign (b) sighn (c) sine
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / bus / walked / stop. / the / She
  31. 31.The film is two and a ___ hours long. (a) halph (b) haf (c) half
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lane. / in / the / played / We / cricket
  33. 33.Make a sentence: very / are / crowded. / The / buses
  34. 34.Choose the English for: “उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) He needed help with the forms. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: honest / is / He / an / shopkeeper.
  36. 36.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /iz/ (c) /s/
  37. 37.Make a sentence: the / kirana / to / shop. / walk / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / kirana / the / walk / to / shop.
  39. 39.In 'played', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /id/ (b) /t/ (c) /d/
  40. 40.In 'wanted', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /id/ (b) /t/ (c) /d/

Answer key

  1. I wrote the wrong number.
  2. She bought two pens and three books.
  3. The train is half an hour late.
  4. Please listen to the announcement.
  5. He is an honest shopkeeper.
  6. I know the answer.
  7. My father watches the news.
  8. We played cricket in the lane.
  9. My father watches the news.
  10. listen
  11. बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
  12. Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
  13. honest
  14. क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
  15. मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
  16. I hurt my knee in the match.
  17. कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।
  18. The train is half an hour late.
  19. I wrote the wrong number.
  20. मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।
  21. knife
  22. We played cricket in the lane.
  23. We played cricket in the lane.
  24. वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।
  25. On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
  26. हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।
  27. I wrote the wrong number.
  28. हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
  29. sign
  30. She walked to the bus stop.
  31. half
  32. We played cricket in the lane.
  33. The buses are very crowded.
  34. He needed help with the forms.
  35. He is an honest shopkeeper.
  36. /iz/
  37. We walk to the kirana shop.
  38. We walk to the kirana shop.
  39. /d/
  40. /id/

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