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Silent Letters in English: at The Beginning of Words at The Middle of Words at The End of Words

The document discusses silent letters in English words. It provides examples of silent letters found at the beginning, middle, and end of words. It also lists some exceptions and words that have silent letters with no specific rule. The document then provides two examples of tongue twisters in English that emphasize difficult letter combinations.

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Silent Letters in English: at The Beginning of Words at The Middle of Words at The End of Words

The document discusses silent letters in English words. It provides examples of silent letters found at the beginning, middle, and end of words. It also lists some exceptions and words that have silent letters with no specific rule. The document then provides two examples of tongue twisters in English that emphasize difficult letter combinations.

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(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?

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