English Banana.com Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters Some words in the English language contain letters that are spelt but not pronounced These letters sometimes affect the pronunciation of the words (e.g ‘bit’ + ‘e’ changes to ‘bite’), but sometimes they not and appear to be completely unnecessary (e.g ‘rite’ and ‘write’ are pronounced in the same way) These extra letters are often known as ‘silent letters’ Add one or more silent letters to each of the words below: a i l e 16 d u v e m u s l e 17 v e g t a b l e c o r d 18 a u t u m s i n 19 q e s t i o n h a f 20 s i s s o r s w o u d 21 c o c o r e c e i t 22 t a k b a k 23 g o v e r m e n t h i h 24 w a t 10 n e e 25 i l a n d 11 y a t 26 d e f 12 b r e d 27 p r e s 13 p e p l e 28 n i h t 14 a n s e r 29 a s m a 15 s c o o l 30 p l u m e r For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! 83