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Words with Silent Letters in English

There are many English words that have letters that are not pronounced (silent letters). The silent letters are shown in red in the list below.

Wednesday write
knee foreign
knife debt
knock         listen
know answer
talk Christmas
half vegetables
could two
walk island

 

Exercise - Words with Silent Letters

Select the word that is spelled correctly.

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Exercise - Dictation

Write the words that are dictated.

1. ► Listen

2. ► Listen

3. ► Listen

4. ► Listen

5. ► Listen

6. ► Listen

7. ► Listen

8. ► Listen

9. ► Listen

10. ► Listen

11. ► Listen

12. ► Listen

13. ► Listen

14. ► Listen

15. ► Listen

16. ► Listen

 

Writing

Write a sentence using one of the words from this lesson.

example
I like to talk on the phone with my sister.

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