Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Pronunciation drill (silent)


Pronunciation drill

A is silent in
Head, bread, deaf, meant

B is silent in
Debt, lamb, bomb, tomb, climb, numb, plumb, comb, thumb, tomb, crumb, debt, doubt, subtle

C is silent in
Muscle, yacht, indict, scissors, handkerchief, sandwich, scene, scent

D is silent in
Wednesday, handkerchief , handsome, Windsor

E is silent in
pirate, more, have, give, rite, fame, serve, close , bridge, careful, clue, lonely, vogue, hope, corpse, fate

G is silent in
Gnaw, gnome, phlegm, straight, though, light, align, gnash, reign, champagne, diaphragm, high

H is silent in
Honor, heir, ghost, night, hour, Pooh, khaki, Gandhi, Birmingham, exhaust, Thames, exhibition

I is silent in
Business, fashion, cushion

K is silent in
Know, knee, knock, knead, knot, knife, knickers, knell, knight

L is silent in
Talk, folk, salmon, colonel, psalm, almond, calf, half, yolk, chalk, calm,

M is silent in
Mnemonic

N is silent in
Autumn, solemn, condemn, damn, hymn, column,

O is silent in
Leopard, jeopardy

P is silent in
Psalm, pneumatic, cupboard,  receipt, corps, pneumonia, pseudo, psychology, coup, receipt, Thompson

S is silent in
Isle, aisle, viscount, island, viscount, apropos, debris, Illinois

T is silent in
Often, thistle, fasten, mortgage, ballet, Christmas, gourmet, tsunami, rapport, asthma, listen, castle, soften

U is silent in
Build, guild, plague, guest, questionnaire, guitar, catalogue, guilt, tongue, colleague, guide, dialogue

W is silent in
Whole, write, sword, answer, write, two, wrist, writ

Y is silent in
Prayer

Z is silent in
Rendezvous

Friday, November 04, 2011

Spelling- 'ie' or 'ei'

Q1 - Which is the correct spelling?
Beleive
Believe
Q2 - Which is the correct spelling?
Receive
Recieve
Q3 - Which is the correct spelling?
Freind
Friend
Q4 - Which is the correct spelling?
Weird
Wierd
Q5 - Which is the correct spelling?
Deceive
Decieve
Q6 - Which is the correct spelling?
Their
Thier
Q7 - Which is the correct spelling?
Acheive
Achieve
Q8 - Which is the correct spelling?
Theif
Thief
Q9 - Which is the correct spelling?
Sieve
Seive
Q10 - Which is the correct spelling?
Seize
Sieze

Which letter is silent.

Q1 - Which letter is silent?- Knife
k
f
Q2 - Which letter is silent?- Through
g
h
g + h
Q3 - Which letter is silent?- Plumber
m
b
Q4 - Which letter is silent?- Debt
b
t
Q5 - Which letter is silent?- Night
g
h
g + h
Q6 - Which letter is silent?- Doubt
b
t
b + t
Q7 - Which letter is silent?- Chemistry
c
h
Q8 - Which letter is silent?- Parliament
i
the second a
Q9 - Which letter is silent?- Acquaintance
c
q
Q10 - Which letter is silent?- Psychology
p
s
Q11 - Which letter is silent? - Marriage
i
a
Q12 - Which letter is silent? - Thumb
h
m
b
Q13 - Which letter is silent? - Knee
k
n