SILENT LETTERS By: Dinzei Maureen Marris

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Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  
Topic: SILENT LETTERS   

 There are some letters which should not be pronounced in a word. 
Such letter can be at the beginning, center or end of the word. Example of such silent letters are: 

Initial  position:  hour, knife, write, knock 

Medial position: could, listen,sign, island

Final position: depot, comb, catarrh, climb                                                                                             
                
Other examples of silent letters include: b, l, u, t, g, h, k, n, p, w, c, ch, gh, ue, ugh, and s. 

 1. Words with silent “b”
 Bomb
 Lamb
Climb
 Debt
 Dumb
 Limb
Subtlety 
Succumb
Womb 

 2. Words with silent “l” 
Calf
Could
Chalk
Half 
Should
Palm 
Walk 
Balm 
Calm  

3. Words with silent “u” 
Guilt 
Quest 
Guide 
Guard 
Guise 
Colleague 
Plague 
Prologue 
Guess 

 4. Words with silent letter “t” 
Castle 
Christmas 
Ballet 
Listen 
Fasten 
Often 
Soften 
Whistle 
Wrestle 
Christen 

5. Words with silent “g” 
Sing 
Gnomic 
Among 
Gnaw 
Gnash 
Consign 
Tongue 
Thing 
Fling 
Foreign 
Sovereign 
Phlegm 

6. Words with silent letter “h” 
Hour 
Honest 
Honour 
Heir 
Vehicle 
Exhausted 
Which 
Rheumatism 
Rhyme 
Rhetorical  

7. Words with silent “k” 
Know 
Knife 
Knave 
Knapack 
Knead 
Knickers 
Knit 
Knob 
Knack 
Kneel 
Knot 

8. Words with silent “n” 
Damn 
Hymn 
Solemn 
Condemn 
Column 
Autumn 

9. Words with silent “p” 
Receipt 
Psychology 
Psalm 
Psyche 
Coup 
Pseudo 
Psychic 
Pseudonym 

10. Words with silent “w” 
Wrist 
Whore 
Who 
Dawn 
Wrought 
Wrath 
Wrapper 
Sword 
Whom 
Wrong 
Wry 
Write 

11. Words with silent “c” 
Sceptre 
Abscess 
Scene 
Science 
Scimitar 
Victuals 
Indict 

12. Words with silent “ue” 
Tongue 
Plague 
Rogue 
League 
Vague 
Catalogue 
Dialogue 
Epilogue 
Vogue 
Prologue 

13. Words with silent “ugh” 
Although 
Bough 
Dough 
Naught 
Through 

14. Words with silent “g” 
Blight 
Bright 
Caught 
Delight 
High 
Light 
Straight 
Taught 
Neighbour 
Wrought 
Weight 
Sigh 
 
Evaluation: 

List five example of words each with these silent letters: 
a. gh
b. g 
c. p 
d. b 
e. l

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