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Silent letters
(Examples)
( A )
( B )
Example
Comes before ‘t’ but still pronounce ‘ b’
Remember
/ Rimembar/
Comes after ‘m’ but still pronounce ‘b’
C
Example:
E
Example:
Mat
/Meit/
Mate
/Meit/
Strip
/Strip/
Stripe
/Straip/
Face
/Feis/
Hate
/Heit/
Cute
/ Kju:t/
Tube
/Tu:b/
G
Example:
Example:
Doghouse
/’doghaus/
Foghorn
/’faghhon/
Sometimes ‘GH’ is pronounce like an ‘f’
Example:
Laugh
/Laaf/
Draught
/Draft/
Tough
/Taf/
H
Example
Example
Honest
/Aunist/
Honour
/’auner/
With an invoiced ‘ h’ use the article ‘an’
Example
An hour
An honest man
Most words beginning with ‘h’ are voiced and you should use the ‘a’ article
Example
A happy dog
A hair
K
Example
Almost always silent when it is before an ‘n’ at the beginning of a word
Knight
/Nait/
Knife
/Naif/
Knowledge
/’nolige/
L
Example
N
Usually silent after an ‘m’ at the end of a word
Example
Autumn
/Otam/
Column
/’kolam/
Damn
/Dam/
P
Example
Psychology
/Saikologi/
Pterodactyl
/,Tera’daktil/
Pneumonia
/Niumaunia/
‘ph’ together is sometimes pronounced like’f’
Example
Elephant
/’elifant/
Telephone
/’telifaun/
S
‘s’ is not pronounced before ‘I’ in the following words
Example
Island
/Ailand/
Isle
/Ail/
T
Example
U
Example
W
Example
Example
Wrong
/Rong/
Wrap
/Raep/
Write
/Rait/
It is silent if followed by an ‘h’ and an ‘o’ at the beginning of a word
Example
Who
/Hu/
Whoever
/Hu:evar/
Whole
/Houl/
Two
/Tu/
Sword
/So:d/
X
Example
Faux
/Fau/
Z
Example
Rendezvous
/’randeive:/