MANY ENGLISH WORDS CONTAIN ONE OR MORE SILENT LETTERS – LETTERS WHI...

8. Many English words contain one or more silent letters – letters which are part of the spelling of a word, but which

are not pronounced. The aim of this activity is to demonstrate how so often the spelling of a word in English is

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different from how it sounds when spoken. Below are some good examples of words in this group of discussion

words that have silent letters. The silent letters are shown in brackets. No doubt your students will be able to identify

some more.

Green [w] ich, Cambridg [e], Edinbur [gh], Nor [w] ich, Cardif [f], Bourn [e] mouth, Orkne [y]