A to Z Summary guide of situations where there are

sometimes silent letters in English vocabulary

A -Ally Legally,logically,musically,romantically,

B –mb dumb,climb,lamb,crumbs,thumb,plumber
-bt doubt,debt,subtle

C - sc science,scene,muscles,fascinate,scissors,scenario

D- nd sandwiches,handsome
dn Wednesday,
dg knowledge, window ledge, hedge, hedge my bets, bridging
loan, edge, edgy (nervous)
E-
-e clue, glue, queue, cue, taste, cake ,bake, brake, broke
e affecting first vowel [makes sound longer] :
hid hide
slid slide
sit site
hop hope
-ed looked, asked, baked, played, wrapped but wanted has
an –ed sound for example
G -gn design,sign,champagne,foreign
After vowel –gh
enough,though,thigh,light,fight,high,daughter,brought
H- At the beginning sometimes- hour,honours,honest
After w when,which,why,what,
Ch chorus,choir,echo
Rh rhinosaurus,rhythm,rhyme
Gh ghost
I- not silent apart from business
K- knowledge,knife,knee,knock/knocker
L- could,should,talk,walk,half,calf, salmon,yolk
M-no problem not silent
N- mn damn,Autumn,hymns,columns

P- sometimes pt receipt,psychology
Ph,(f sound) photograph,phonetics,pharmaceuticals
R not in USA no problem
In the UK sometimes silent at the end of words- butter,
better
S – after i is- island, isle, debris
T-
soften,often,gourmet,castle,ballet,asthma,Christmas,whistle

U- guitar,guards,guilty,tongue,colleagues,guest,guess
Beautifully,wonderfully
W- wr wrist,write,wrote
Wh who,whole
Sword, answer

Vegetable 3 syllables 4
Comfortable 3 syllables 4
Jewellery 2 syllables
Architecture,stomach,ache K sound compare soft ch cheese
and chocolate (soft sound)
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Schwa sound in English is a soft sound after a hard sound