silent letters

Talk a Lot Clear Alphabet Dictionary Silent Letters Here are some good examples of items in the dictionary which have silent letters The Clear Alphabet ignores letters which are not pronounced Silent letters often occur because the vowel letters in unstressed syllables are converted into schwa sounds when we pronounce them; or when double letters represent one consonant sound, e.g “ff” for f , and so on Note: reading this list out loud is a good way of testing students’ understanding of the use of the schwa sound in English pronunciation: Normal Spelling: CA Spelling: Silent Letter(s) (in spelling but not pronounced): autumn build butter candidate cinema criminal customer debt differ elephant escalator giraffe gorilla guess illness indicator knee manager mechanic menopause minute muscle negative Norwich often orchestra possible sausage school separation skeleton sledge solicitor suggest supporter syllable terminal thermometer together weather what whatever whenever wrist wrong young Or tm Bild Bu t Kan d dt Si n m Kri m nl Ku st m Det Di f E l fnt E sk lei t j Rarf g Ri l Ges Il ns In d kei t Nee Ma n j m Ka nik Me n porz Mi nit Mu sl Ne g tiv No rich O fn Or k str Po s bl So sij Skool se p Rei shn Ske l tn Slej s Li s t s Jest s Por t Si l bl Ter m nl tt Mo m t t Ge th We th Wot wo Te v we Ne v Rist Rong Yung _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Talk a Lot Clear Alphabet Dictionary English Banana.com 162 Talk a Lot Clear Alphabet Dictionary Silent Letters Answers: Normal Spelling: CA Spelling: Silent Letter(s) (in spelling but not pronounced): autumn build butter candidate cinema criminal customer debt differ elephant escalator giraffe gorilla guess illness indicator knee manager mechanic menopause minute muscle negative Norwich often orchestra possible sausage school separation skeleton sledge solicitor suggest supporter syllable terminal thermometer together weather what whatever whenever wrist wrong young Or tm Bild Bu t Kan d dt Si n m Kri m nl Ku st m Det Di f E l fnt E sk lei t j Rarf g Ri l Ges Il ns In d kei t Nee Ma n j m Ka nik Me n porz Mi nit Mu sl Ne g tiv No rich O fn Or k str Po s bl So sij Skool se p Rei shn Ske l tn Slej s Li s t s Jest s Por t Si l bl Ter m nl tt Mo m t t Ge th We th Wot wo Te v we Ne v Rist Rong Yung n u t, er i, a, e e, a i, a o, er b f, er e, a a, or i, f, e o, l, a u, s l, e, s i, or k a, er e, h o, e u, e c, e a, e w t, e h, e, a s, i, e a, e h a, io e, o d, e o, i, or u, g u, p, er l, a, e i, a er, e, er o, er a, er h h, er h, er w w o Talk a Lot Clear Alphabet Dictionary English Banana.com 163