Silent Letters Sorting

To spell words with silent letters.

Put each of these words into the right column, according to the silent letter.
Remember that silent letters have no sound in a word.

knight	knock	scissors	climb	knife	
lamb	what	whale	muscle	wreck	
numb	write	wrap	wrong	knee	
knit	wriggle	knot	wrist	right	
comb	ghost	gnome	crumb	sword	
bomb	wren	honest	hour	doubt	

Silent k	Silent w	Silent b	Silent h	Silent g	Silent c	

						

						

Silent Letters Story

To spell words with silent letters.

Read through this story. The words underlined with a number next to them have silent letters but some have been missed out. On the numbered list on the next page, write the correct spellings. The first one has been done for you.

Ben’s Eventful Day

Ben woke up, stretched out his arms and nocked (1) his clock off the bedside table. He sighed loudly and leant out of his bed to pick up the clock. As he fumbled for the clock, he hit his nuckle (2) on his toy night (3), which he had been playing with last night. Finally, he found the clock and returned it to the top of the unit.
Ben got up and tried to remember which day of the week it was. He looked at his calendar and saw that it was Wensday (4). He looked at his smart blue scool (5) uniform and remembered that it was half term and his mum had put his uniform on his chair ready for him to put away in his wardrobe.
“Are you dressed yet?” wispered (6) his dad, as he came into the room. “Your breakfast is ready!”
Ben ran downstairs and sat at the kitchen table. “Good morning, Ben!” said his mum cheerily. She gave him a bowl of porridge and continued preparing the picnic that Ben and his dad were going to take with them on their day trip.
“Where are we going?” asked Ben in between mouthfuls of porridge. “It’s a surprise!” replied his mum.
“What shall I put in the picnic bag?” she enquired.
“Oh, do you have some of those ancor (7) shaped biscits (8) that we made yesterday?” “Yes, I do. I’ll put some in.” Mum smiled.
“Let’s go!” shouted his dad from the front door.
Dad was taking him to Essex Casle (9) and farm. As Ben stepped out of the front door, he saw Bob, the chipped garden nome (10), who had got broken last week. Mum had glued him back together and he was now back in his usual place. Mum’s rubarb
(11) plants were growing well and he new (12) that his mum would soon be cooking them. Ben climed (13) into his car seat and waved to mum, who was standing at the window.
Ben learned that the casle (14) was bilt (15) a long time ago. The sin (16) on the wall said that there was a gost (17) who roamed the bilding (18). It said that if you lisened (19) carefully and hummed, you could hear your eco (20) vibrating around the room.
Wen (21) it was time for lunch, Dad opened the picnic bag and shared the contents with Ben. It tasted very good. “Can I play on the adventure playground, please?” Ben asked.

“Yes, but be careful!” Dad replied.
Suddenly, Dad heard Ben crying. He had tripped over and grazed his nee (22). Dad took him to the first aid post and Ben was given a plaster.
He had enjoyed the visit, particularly going to the farm. He saw lots of animals. In the pets section he saw hamsters nawing
(23) their food. There were some newborn lams (24) in the fields nearby and a large brown goat was pulling thisles (25) out of the ground and eating them.
Dad and Ben walked back to the car. As they got closer, Dad noticed that a weel (26) at the front of the car looked rong (27). The tyre was flat and so Dad had to change it. As he was putting the flat tyre back into the boot, Dad trapped his thum
(28) and it began to bleed. When he had freed his thumb, he got the first aid kit and rapped (29) a plaster over it. “I don’t think I’ll be playing my gitar (30) tonight,” thought Dad.
As his dad drove home, Ben thought about all the things he had to tell his mum when he got home.

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