Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Selected words with silent/unstressed letters (AE)

Silent a

secretary separate

documentary elementary


Silent b

debt doubt crumb

dumb numb thumb

plumber tomb lamb

climb bomb comb

subtle


When is mb pronounced ?

bombs bombed

bombing bomber


m-b separate syllables pronounced


bom-
bard com-bine

crum-ble Dum-bo


Silent c


miscellaneous

victual indict !

muscle scissors

science scent


Silent CH

yacht


Silent d

handkerchief handsome

Wednesday

grandson sandwich

handsome landscape


Silent e


every desperate

temperature deliberate

different beverage interesting

opera miserable feud !

literatur, different, several, interesting

perhaps (or perhaps)


Silent h

heir honor

exhaust exhibition

annihilate vehement vehicle


Silent i

aspirin medicin business


Silent k

knot knickers knell

knock knead

3 consonant sounds

at the end of a word =

middle 'k' is silent

asked


Silent g

gnome

[There are many gn-words]


campaign reign

foreigner diaphragm

sign design resign

signs signed

signing signer

g-n separate syllables pronounced

sig-nal sig-nature

re-sig-na-tion


Silent l


calf half salve

balm calm palm psalm

chalk talk walk

folks Lincoln almond salmon

balk


Silent m

mnemonic


Silent n

autumn hymn

damn solemn

column condemn

chimney


When do

we pronounce mn ?

m-n

separate syllables

pronounced

dam-na-tion au-tum-nal

hym-nal so-lem-ni-ty


Silent o

chocolate leopard

comfortable favorable

favorite laboratory

honorable honesty


Silent p

pneumonia pseudonym

psychiatrist psychologist

psalm

corps coup cupboard

raspberry receipt


Silent r

perhaps (or perhaps)

yesterday tired iron later


Silent s

aisle

island

debris

isle

fracas


Silent t

castle whistle

chestnut Christmas

fasten listen

often soften

mortgage

ricochet tsunami

thistle rapport

rustle

many words of French origin

ballet buffet chalet

crochet gourmet valet

depot debut

3 consonant sounds at the end of a word = middle 't' is silent

acts ducts students


Silent th

asthma

3 consonant sounds at the end of a word, middle 'th' is silent

clothes

months

depths

lengths


Silent ue

morgue


Silent w

answer

sword

toward

two

write

wrote

written

writing

wrap

wrestle

wrist


Miscellaneous

Unexpected changed vowels:

pivot = pivet !

More than one changed vowel:

colonel !

psalm

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