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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: ______, ______

Fill in the Blanks
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Solution

  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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