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: wrote / number. / the / I / wrong
- 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.Make a sentence: hour / late. / an / The / train / is / half
- 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.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.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.Make a sentence: news. / watches / My / the / father
- 8.Make a sentence: lane. / in / cricket / We / the / played
- 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.I ___ to music every day. (a) lisen (b) listin (c) listen
- 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.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.He is an ___ man; he never lies. (a) onest (b) honist (c) honest
- 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.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.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.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.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.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.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.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knive (b) nife (c) knife
- 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.Make a sentence: the / played / in / We / cricket / lane.
- 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.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.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.Make a sentence: I / the / wrong / number. / wrote
- 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.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sign (b) sighn (c) sine
- 30.Make a sentence: to / bus / walked / stop. / the / She
- 31.The film is two and a ___ hours long. (a) halph (b) haf (c) half
- 32.Make a sentence: lane. / in / the / played / We / cricket
- 33.Make a sentence: very / are / crowded. / The / buses
- 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.Make a sentence: honest / is / He / an / shopkeeper.
- 36.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /iz/ (c) /s/
- 37.Make a sentence: the / kirana / to / shop. / walk / We
- 38.Make a sentence: We / kirana / the / walk / to / shop.
- 39.In 'played', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /id/ (b) /t/ (c) /d/
- 40.In 'wanted', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /id/ (b) /t/ (c) /d/
Answer key
- I wrote the wrong number.
- She bought two pens and three books.
- The train is half an hour late.
- Please listen to the announcement.
- He is an honest shopkeeper.
- I know the answer.
- My father watches the news.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- My father watches the news.
- listen
- बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- honest
- क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।
- The train is half an hour late.
- I wrote the wrong number.
- मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।
- knife
- We played cricket in the lane.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।
- On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
- हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।
- I wrote the wrong number.
- हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
- sign
- She walked to the bus stop.
- half
- We played cricket in the lane.
- The buses are very crowded.
- He needed help with the forms.
- He is an honest shopkeeper.
- /iz/
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- /d/
- /id/
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