Silent consonants exercises
What is a silent consonant, patterns and words to remember.
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YES/NO
Is there a silent consonant in the word?
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Multiple choice
Which word has the same silent consonant?
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Filling gaps
Spelling words with silent consonants
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Drag and drop
Silent consonants and homophones
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In English, there are consonants that we write but do not read. We call them silent consonant. For example, the letter b in the word doubt, k in know, n in autumn. Some words need to be memorised (like sword /sɔːd/), while others are subject to the rule (for example, k+n is always pronounced /n/). Do these special online exercises to learn the characteristic patterns and words-exceptions with silent consonants.
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