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Silent letter. What is common in the following groups of words? knee, knife, knot, know ______

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Silent letter.

What is common in the following groups of words?

  1. knee, knife, knot, know ______
  2. neighbour, daughter, fight, straight ______
  3. honest, honour, hour, heir ______

Try and make more silent letter words.

gnat: ______, ______
tongue: ______, ______
chalk: ______, ______
whistle: ______, ______

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उत्तर

  1. knee, knife, knot, know the sound ‘k’ is silent.
  2. neighbour, daughter, fight, straight the sound ‘gh’ is silent.
  3. honest, honour, hour, heir the sound ‘h’ is silent.

Try and make more silent letter words.

gnat: graw, gru.
tongue: fatigue,
chalk: talk, folk
whistle: nestle, bustle.

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अध्याय 5.2: Rip Van Winkle - Vocabulary building [पृष्ठ ९०]

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Vocabulary building | Q 3 | पृष्ठ ९०

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