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Pronunciation - Silent Letters
A guide to when not to pronounce silent letters in English for English language students and ESL EFL classes.
Here is a list of common letter combinations with silent letters. This list contains most of the silent letters that give English as a second language students difficulties.
Part 1
Silent B
B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word.
climb
crumb
dumb
comb
Silent C
C is not pronounced in the ending "scle"
muscle
Silent D
D is not pronounced in the following common words:
handkerchief
sandwich
Wednesday
Silent E
E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually makes the vowel long.
hope
drive
gave
write
site
Silent G
G is not often not pronounced when followed by an N
champagne
foreign
sign
feign
Silent GH
GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words
thought
through
daughter
light
might
right
fight
weigh