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English Pronunciation - Answers to Silent Letters Quiz

8/12/2015

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Here are the answers to yesterday's post and some rules on silent letters. 
  1. autumn -  N is not pronounced at the end of a word after M
  2. foreign - G is not usually pronounced before N
  3. calm - L is usually not pronounced before D, F, K, M (half, would)
  4. hour - H is sometimes not pronounced at the beginning of a word. Use "an". Other words are honour, heir, honest. 
  5. history - No silent letter. The H is pronounced here. 
  6. knife - N is not pronounced after K
  7. sandwich - (Actually pronounced samwich) D is sometimes not pronounced in the middle of a word, as in Wednesday and handkerchief. 
  8. thorough - GH is not usually pronounced before a T, and sometimes not at the end of a word.
  9. muscle - C is not pronounced in the ending -SCLE
  10. salmon - the same as 3.
  11. island - S is not pronounced before L in island and isle.
  12. castle - T is not pronounced in these common words: Christmas, castle, listen, whistle, thistle, fasten, often
  13. receipt - P is not usually pronounced in a word ending -PT
  14. debt - Like 13. but with -BT. 
  15. write - W is not pronounced when a word begins with WR-
  16. who - who, whose and whom have a silent W
  17. ghost - H is not pronounced when a word begins with GH-
  18. psychologist - Any words starting with PSY- have a silent P
  19. herb / herb - This one depends! British speakers say the H, Americans don't. You can choose whichever is easier. 
  20. pneumonia - P is not pronounced before N at the beginning of a word. 

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