Question

Silent letters
What is common in the following groups of words?
(i) knee, knife, knot, know ______________
(ii) neighbour, daughter, fight, straight ______________
(iii) honest, honour, hour, heir ______________

Try and make more silent letter words.
gnat : _____________________, _____________________
tongue : _____________________, ___________________
chalk : _____________________, ____________________
whistle : _____________________, ___________________

Answer 1

(i) K
(ii) G
(iii) H

gnat : sign, foreign
tongue : langue, antique
chalk : walk, talk
whistle : chistle, hustle