Silent Letters
In many English words, you will come across some letters that are spelled but not pronounced. Here is a list of common silent letter combinations.
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| Silent B | Silent C | Silent D | Silent E |
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| B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word. climb, crumb, dumb, comb | C is not pronounced in the ending "sclc". muscle | D is not pronounced in the following common words. handkerchief, Wednesday | E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually makes the vowel long. hope, drive, gave, write, site |
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| Silent G | Silent GH | Silent H | Silent H |
|---|---|---|---|
| G is often not pronounced when followed by an N. foreign sign feign | GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words. thought, through light, might, right, fight, weigh | H is not pronounced when following W. what, when, why, where, whether | H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words. hour, honest, honor, heir, herb |
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| Silent K | Silent L | Silent N | Silent P |
|---|---|---|---|
| K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word. knife, knee, know, knock, knowledge | L is often not pronounced before L, D, F, M, K. calm, half, talk, walk, would, should | N is not pronounced following M at the end of a word. Autumn, hymn | P is not pronounced at the beginning of many words using the suffix "psych" and "pneu". Psychology, pneumonia, |
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| Silent S | Silent T | Silent W | Silent W |
|---|---|---|---|
| S is not pronounced before L in the following words. island, isle | T is not pronounced in these common words. castle, fasten, listen, often, thistle, whistle | W is not pronounced at the beginning of a word followed by an R. wrap, write, wrong | W is not pronounced with these three pronouns. who, whose, whom |
D. Read paragraph 5 and find words that contain silent letters.
E. Silent Letters Game