These resources on the use of silent letters are handy for lower-intermediate level learners and above. When using these handouts make sure students say each word out loud as they try to find the answers. This makes solving the worksheets much easier and gives the teacher a chance to correct any pronunciation errors.
In the first worksheet above, students circle the silent letter in each word. Once they have completed that, they must put each letter into the spaces of the words below. If the students have chosen the correct answers a silly joke is revealed.
The answers for each word are – sword (w), ghost (h), castle (t), island (s), handsome (d), Autumn (n), thumb (b), Wednesday (d), leopard (o), biscuit (u), listen (t), watch (t), mechanic (h), lamb (b), scissors (c) and knight (k).
The joke is – What is red and bad for your teeth? A brick!
