2.1.3

Silent Letters

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Words With ‘Silent’ Letters

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Silent letters

  • Some words are spelt with letters that we cannot hear.
  • Often these letters were sounded in the past.
    • But over the centuries, we have stopped pronouncing them.
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Knight

  • Knight has a silent 'k'.
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Loch

  • Loch has a silent 'h'.
  • The silent 'h' means loch ends in a 'c' sound rather than a 'ch' sound.
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Island

  • Island has a silent 's'.

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1Reading

1.1Reading

1.2Prefixes

1.3Suffixes

1.4Spelling Rules

1.5Reading Comprehension

1.6Reading Comprehension: SAT Practise

1.7Word Meaning

1.8Fact vs. Opinion

1.9Justifying Views

1.10Figurative Language

1.11Text Structure

2Writing

2.1Sounds in Words

2.2Homophones

2.3Using a Dictionary

2.4Writing Composition

2.5The Subjunctive Mood

2.6Modal Verbs

2.7Active & Passive Voice

2.8Relative Clauses

2.9Expanded Nouns

2.10Punctuation

2.11SAT Spelling Practise

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