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Question
Silent letter.
What is common in the following groups of words?
- knee, knife, knot, know ______
- neighbour, daughter, fight, straight ______
- honest, honour, hour, heir ______
Try and make more silent letter words.
gnat: ______, ______
tongue: ______, ______
chalk: ______, ______
whistle: ______, ______
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Solution
- knee, knife, knot, know the sound ‘k’ is silent.
- neighbour, daughter, fight, straight the sound ‘gh’ is silent.
- 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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