Silent letters

غاردينياغاردينيا Foreign Languages Supervisor
تم تعديل 2010/12/31 في منتدى اللغات Foriegn Languages
Silent letters


Here is a list of common letter combinations with silent letters. This list contains most of the silent letters that give English as a second language students difficulties.
Silent B

B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word.
Climb / crumb / dumb / comb

Silent C

C is not pronounced in the ending "scle"
muscle

Silent D

D is not pronounced in the following common words:
Handkerchief / sandwich / Wednesday

Silent E

E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually makes the vowel long.
Hope / drive / gave / write / site

Silent G

G is not often not pronounced when followed by an N
Champagne / foreign / sign / feign

Silent GH

GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words
Thought / through / daughter / light / might / right / fight / weigh

Silent H

H is not pronounced when following W.
Some speakers whisper the H before the W.
What / who / when / where / whether / why

Silent H

H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words. Use the article "an" with unvoiced H. Here are some of the most common:
Hour / honest / honor / heir / herb

Pronounced H

H is pronounced at the beginning of these common words. Use the article "a" with voiced H.
Hill / history / height / happy / hangover



Silent K

K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word.
Knife / knee / know / knock / knowledge

Silent L

L is often not pronounced before L, D, F, M, K.
Calm / half / salmon / talk / balk / would / should

Silent N

N is not pronounced following M at the end of a word.
Autumn / hymn

Silent P

P is not pronounced at the beginning of many words using the suffix "psych" and "pneu".
Psychiatrist / pneumonia / psychotherapy / psychotic

Silent S

S is not pronounced before L in the following words:
Island / isle

Silent T

T is not pronounced in these common words:
Castle / Christmas / fasten / listen / often / whistle / thistle

Silent U

U is not pronounced before after G and before a vowel.
Guess / guidance / guitar / guest

Silent W

W is not pronounced at the beginning of a word followed by an R.
Wrap / write / wrong

Silent W

W is not pronounced with these three pronouns:
Who / whose / whom

التعليقات

  • dr.Hazemdr.Hazem مدير عام
    تم تعديل 2010/12/29
    مقال جميل غاردينا ... على فكرة أول مرة بعرف إنو كلمة ساندويش ما بيلتفظ فيها حرف d؟!
  • Dr.AhmadDr.Ahmad مدير عام
    تم تعديل 2010/12/30
    Soooo benefit, really thanks Gardinia

    But I wanna ask you about H silent after " a " or " an " in "Herb" word.... If we use "an" at first we shouldn't pronounce "H" but if we said " herb " word without "an" have we shouldn't pronounce "H" ?

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  • غاردينياغاردينيا Foreign Languages Supervisor
    تم تعديل 2010/12/30
    Thanks for your passing D.Hasem ,it's something related to American and British pronounciation]

    You 're welcome D.Ahmed and your note is very important , I also like

    you surprise every day when I learn more about pronounciation of words

    For example in the word herb H shouldn't be pronounced according to American pronounciation

    but in many places out of America they pronounce it and there is no relation to

    an or a in pronounciation .
  • noonenoone عضو نشيط
    تم تعديل 2010/12/31
    Thanks for your passing D.Hasem ,it's something related to American and British pronounciation]

    You 're welcome D.Ahmed and your note is very important , I also like

    you surprise every day when I learn more about pronounciation of words

    For example in the word herb H shouldn't be pronounced according to American pronounciation

    but in many places out of America they pronounce it and there is no relation to

    an or a in pronounciation .


    ahaaaaaa , I can understand now this mainly American pronounciation
    thanks alot
  • Dr.AhmadDr.Ahmad مدير عام
    تم تعديل 2010/12/31
    thanks Gardinia for explanation