(1) Silent Letters in English

At the beginning of words At the middle of words At the end of words

W +r a+ l m+ b
Write – wrong – wreck – wrist Walk – talk – chalk – half – calf Climb – bomb – thumb

K +n gh m+ n
Know – knee – knife – knock Right – night – fight Autumn (=fall) – column

H +o W+ h e
Hour – honest – honor What – When – Where – Why Stove – name – cake
[“Who” is an exception]

[These are the only three

examples in English with silent
“H” before “o”]

[“H” is NOT silent in any other

words: House – Home – Horse ]
Prepared by: T. Hussam Dawood Al-Ariki
 More Silent Letters

u + i [or] e c+ h +o s+ t
guitar – guide - biscuit – build School – cholera – echo Listen – castle – whistle

guess – guest –tongue – antique

wrestle – Christmas

Silent Letters with no spec ific rule

Empty – Exhausted – Wednesday – island – sign

(2) Tongue Twisters in English

(1) I can can the can, but the can can’t can me.
(2) How many cookies could a cook cook if a cook could cook cookies?