SILENT LETTERS
H5 PRONUNCIATION
The plumber's thumb is numb from fixing a dumb bomb. Debt and doubt didn’t stop the subtle scientist. The muscle man made sandwiches on Wednesday.
Why would White whisper while walking? Which way is Wednesday when where and when are wrong? Would you answer where, whether, and why on time?
Silent letters in English are letters that are written in a word but are not pronounced when the word is spoken. They can make pronunciation tricky for English learners and even native speakers.
Silent letters can be found in various positions within words, including the beginning, middle, or end. Knife (the "k" is silent)
Debt (the "b" is silent) Autumn (the "n" is silent) Castle (the "t" is silent)
"B" is silent in words that end in "-mb" such as: - Bomb - Dumb - Thumb - Plumber - "B" is silent in some words borrowed from French, like debt and subtle.
"C" is silent in words like: - Muscle - Scissors - Conscience - Scenario - Science
"E" is silent in words like: - Breathe - Change
- Clothes - Hate
- Like
- Love - Vegetable
"G" is silent in many words ending in "-gn": - Assign - Campaign
- Champagne - Design - Foreign
"D" is silent in words like: - Edge - Handkerchief
- Handsome - Sandwich
- Wednesday
"H" is silent in many words, however, its pronunciation changes when it is combine "CH".
"H" is also silent in WH questions
- What - When
- Where
- Whether
- Which
- While
- White
- Why
- Honest - Hour
- Mechanic
- School - Stomach
- Architect
- Chaos
- Character
- Charisma
- Echo
"K" is silent in words starting with "kn" such as: - Knife - Know - Knowledge - Knee - Knock - Knuckles
"L" is silent in words like: - Would - Could - Should - Almond - Walk - Talk - Calm
"P" is silent at the beginning of some words, especially those derived from Greek - Pneumonia - Pseudo - Psychiatrist - Psychology - Psychotic - Raspberry - Receipt
"T" is silent in words like - Hustle - Bustle - Castle - Christmas - Listen - Often
- "W" is silent in words like: - Answer, Whole, Sword and when combine "Wr" - Wrist - Wrong - Wrinkle - Write -wrap
LET'S DO SOME PRACTICE
The plumber's thumb is numb from fixing a dumb bomb. Debt and doubt didn’t stop the subtle scientist. The muscle man made sandwiches on Wednesday.
Scissors slice silently, like science on the edge. The honest architect knew when to knock. A mechanic’s knee knows knowledge and knocks.
Vegetables vanish very fast on Wednesdays. I like clothes, love calm, and hate chaos. He would walk, talk, and wrap sandwiches with a smile.
The psychotic psychiatrist studied psychology and pneumonia. The pseudo scientist sold champagne in a chaotic campaign.
Christmas in the castle was calm, but full of hustle and bustle. Write, wrap, and wrinkle — words with wrong silent starts. Raspberry receipts rest in the wristwatch box.
Why would White whisper while walking? Which way is Wednesday when where and when are wrong? Would you answer where, whether, and why on time?
Well done! :=)
SILENT LETTERS
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SILENT LETTERS
H5 PRONUNCIATION
The plumber's thumb is numb from fixing a dumb bomb. Debt and doubt didn’t stop the subtle scientist. The muscle man made sandwiches on Wednesday.
Why would White whisper while walking? Which way is Wednesday when where and when are wrong? Would you answer where, whether, and why on time?
Silent letters in English are letters that are written in a word but are not pronounced when the word is spoken. They can make pronunciation tricky for English learners and even native speakers.
Silent letters can be found in various positions within words, including the beginning, middle, or end. Knife (the "k" is silent) Debt (the "b" is silent) Autumn (the "n" is silent) Castle (the "t" is silent)
"B" is silent in words that end in "-mb" such as: - Bomb - Dumb - Thumb - Plumber - "B" is silent in some words borrowed from French, like debt and subtle.
"C" is silent in words like: - Muscle - Scissors - Conscience - Scenario - Science
"E" is silent in words like: - Breathe - Change - Clothes - Hate - Like - Love - Vegetable
"G" is silent in many words ending in "-gn": - Assign - Campaign - Champagne - Design - Foreign
"D" is silent in words like: - Edge - Handkerchief - Handsome - Sandwich - Wednesday
"H" is silent in many words, however, its pronunciation changes when it is combine "CH".
"H" is also silent in WH questions
- What - When - Where - Whether - Which - While - White - Why
- Honest - Hour - Mechanic - School - Stomach
- Architect - Chaos - Character - Charisma - Echo
"K" is silent in words starting with "kn" such as: - Knife - Know - Knowledge - Knee - Knock - Knuckles
"L" is silent in words like: - Would - Could - Should - Almond - Walk - Talk - Calm
"P" is silent at the beginning of some words, especially those derived from Greek - Pneumonia - Pseudo - Psychiatrist - Psychology - Psychotic - Raspberry - Receipt
"T" is silent in words like - Hustle - Bustle - Castle - Christmas - Listen - Often
- "W" is silent in words like: - Answer, Whole, Sword and when combine "Wr" - Wrist - Wrong - Wrinkle - Write -wrap
LET'S DO SOME PRACTICE
The plumber's thumb is numb from fixing a dumb bomb. Debt and doubt didn’t stop the subtle scientist. The muscle man made sandwiches on Wednesday.
Scissors slice silently, like science on the edge. The honest architect knew when to knock. A mechanic’s knee knows knowledge and knocks.
Vegetables vanish very fast on Wednesdays. I like clothes, love calm, and hate chaos. He would walk, talk, and wrap sandwiches with a smile.
The psychotic psychiatrist studied psychology and pneumonia. The pseudo scientist sold champagne in a chaotic campaign.
Christmas in the castle was calm, but full of hustle and bustle. Write, wrap, and wrinkle — words with wrong silent starts. Raspberry receipts rest in the wristwatch box.
Why would White whisper while walking? Which way is Wednesday when where and when are wrong? Would you answer where, whether, and why on time?
Well done! :=)