Silent Letters
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.1.3
Words With ‘Silent’ Letters
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.
Knight
- Knight has a silent 'k'.
Loch
- Loch has a silent 'h'.
- The silent 'h' means loch ends in a 'c' sound rather than a 'ch' sound.
Island
- Island has a silent 's'.
Test yourself on Silent Letters
What is the silent letter in the word 'knight'?
What is the silent letter in the word 'loch'?