Silent Letters in English
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Silent Letters in English
من طرف هيما الجمعة نوفمبر 20, 2009 3:48 am
Silent Letters in English
Here is a list of common letter combinations with silent letters. This list contains most of the silent letters that give English as a
second language students difficulties.
Silent B
B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word.
climb - crumb - dumb - comb
Silent C
C is not pronounced in the ending "scle"
muscle
Silent D
D is not pronounced in the following common words:
handkerchief - sandwich - Wednesday
Silent E
E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually makes the vowel long.
hope - drive - gave - write - site
Exceptions: he - she - be - apostrophe - catastrophe
Silent G
G is not often not pronounced when followed by an N
champagne - foreign - sign - feign
Silent GH
GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words
thought - through - daughter - light - right - fight - weigh
Silent H
H is not pronounced when following W. Some speakers whisper the H before the W.
what - when - where - whether - why
Silent H
H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words. Use the article "an" with unvoiced H. Here are some of the most common: hour - honest - honor - heir - herb
Pronounced H
H is pronounced at the beginning of these common words. Use the article "a" with voiced H.
hill - history - height - happy - hangover
Silent K
K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word.
knife - knee - know - knock - knowledge
Silent L
L is often not pronounced before L, D, F, M, K.
calm - half - salmon - talk - balk - would - should
Silent N
N is not pronounced following M at the end of a word.
autumn - hymn - column
Silent P
P is not pronounced at the beginning of many words using the suffix "psych" and "pneu".
psychiatrist - pneumonia - psychotherapy - psychotic
Silent S
S is not pronounced before L in the following words:
island - isle
Silent T
T is not pronounced in these common words:
castle - Christmas - fasten - listen - often - whistle - thistle
Silent U
U is not pronounced before after G and before a vowel.
guess - guidance - guitar - guest
Silent W
W is not pronounced at the beginning of a word followed by an R.
wrap - write - wrong
Silent W
W is not pronounced with these three pronouns:
who - whose - whom
Exception: what - when - where
Silent B
B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word.
climb - crumb - dumb - comb
Silent C
C is not pronounced in the ending "scle"
muscle
Silent D
D is not pronounced in the following common words:
handkerchief - sandwich - Wednesday
Silent E
E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually makes the vowel long.
hope - drive - gave - write - site
Exceptions: he - she - be - apostrophe - catastrophe
Silent G
G is not often not pronounced when followed by an N
champagne - foreign - sign - feign
Silent GH
GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words
thought - through - daughter - light - right - fight - weigh
Silent H
H is not pronounced when following W. Some speakers whisper the H before the W.
what - when - where - whether - why
Silent H
H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words. Use the article "an" with unvoiced H. Here are some of the most common: hour - honest - honor - heir - herb
Pronounced H
H is pronounced at the beginning of these common words. Use the article "a" with voiced H.
hill - history - height - happy - hangover
Silent K
K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word.
knife - knee - know - knock - knowledge
Silent L
L is often not pronounced before L, D, F, M, K.
calm - half - salmon - talk - balk - would - should
Silent N
N is not pronounced following M at the end of a word.
autumn - hymn - column
Silent P
P is not pronounced at the beginning of many words using the suffix "psych" and "pneu".
psychiatrist - pneumonia - psychotherapy - psychotic
Silent S
S is not pronounced before L in the following words:
island - isle
Silent T
T is not pronounced in these common words:
castle - Christmas - fasten - listen - often - whistle - thistle
Silent U
U is not pronounced before after G and before a vowel.
guess - guidance - guitar - guest
Silent W
W is not pronounced at the beginning of a word followed by an R.
wrap - write - wrong
Silent W
W is not pronounced with these three pronouns:
who - whose - whom
Exception: what - when - where
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