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    The document discusses rules for silent letters in English and provides suggestions for teaching silent letters to students. It begins by explaining that knowing silent letter rules can help develop a better understanding of English. It then lists 7 common rules for silent letters, providing examples for each rule. The rules cover silent letters like b, c, d, e, g, h, and k. The document concludes by recommending that teachers explain silent letter rules, provide practice exercises, and emphasize reading to help students learn.

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    12/27/2015

    SilentLetterRules:LearningandTeachingSilentLettersinEnglish

    writtenby:SonalPanseeditedby:TriciaGossupdated:12/27/2013
    KnowingtherulesforsilentletterscanhelpyoudevelopabetterunderstandingoftheEnglishlanguage.Thelettersthataretobesilent
    aredeterminedinthecontextofwheretheyoccurintheword,andknowingwhennottopronouncealetterisamatterofstudyand
    practice.

    WhyDoWeNeedThem?
    InmanyEnglishwords,youwillcomeacrosssomelettersthatarespelledyetnotpronounced.Theseunpronouncedbutvisiblelettersare
    knownassilentletters.TheyoccurfrequentlyintheEnglishlanguageandusuallymakelifedifficultforthe
    newlearner.Whydoweneedtohavesuchlettersinawordinthefirstplace?That'sagoodquestion,and
    answersvary:Sometimesadigraphchangesrelativetothewordetymology.Somewordswithsilentletters
    comefromaforeignlanguage.Rightnow,wewilltakeonlyacursorylookatwhichlettersinwordsareto
    remainmute,andwewilllookatsomesilentletterrulesthatwillhelpusrecognizewhencertainlettersareto
    besilent.Togetagoodgroundinginsilentlettersapartfromknowingtherules,itwillhelptoreadextensively
    inEnglish.

    SilentLetters
    Let'stakealookatsomerulesforsilentletters:
    1.TheletterBisusuallysilentwhenusedaftertheletterMandalsobefore
    theletterT.
    ExamplesbeforeM:Jamb,Lamb,Comb,Tomb
    ExamplesbeforeT:Subtle,Doubt
    2.TheletterCissilentwhenusedbeforetheletterZandsometimeswhen
    usedbeforetheletterLandtheletterK.
    ExamplesbeforeZ:Tzar,Czarina,Czechoslovakia
    ExamplebeforeL:Muscle
    ExamplesbeforeK:Block,Puck

    3.TheletterDissilentwhenitappearsbeforetheletterNandthenalsobeforetheletterG.
    ExamplebeforeN:Wednesday
    ExamplebeforeG:Cadge
    4.Let'slookattheletterE.
    IfEhappenstobeattheendofaword,itisgenerallynotpronounced.
    Examples:Able,Challenge,Bible
    IfEhappenstooccurrightbeforetheletterDinsimplepasttenseorpastparticipleformsofverbs,Emaysometimesnotbe
    pronounced.
    Examples:Smuggled,Dragged,Chained
    5.TheletterGissilentwhenitisusedbeforethelettersM,NandL.
    ExamplesbeforeN:Deign,Reign
    ExamplebeforeM:Diaphragm
    ExamplebeforeL:Intaglio
    6.TheletterHisoftensilentwhenitprecedesthelettersEandO,andwhenitfollowsthelettersG,RandT.
    ExamplesbeforeA,E,IandO:Hallelujah,Honest,Historical
    http://www.brighthubeducation.com/eslteachingtips/102714englishrulesforsilentlettersexplanationandteachingideas/

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    12/27/2015

    SilentLetterRules:LearningandTeachingSilentLettersinEnglish

    ExamplesafterG:Ghost,Ghirken
    ExampleafterR:Myrrh
    ExampleafterT:Isthmus
    7.TheletterKisalwayssilentwhenitprecedestheletterN.
    Examples:Know,Knock,Knife,Knight

    TeachingSilentLetters
    Explainwhatsilentlettersareandtherulestothestudents.Providestudentswithalistandexamplesofrulesforsilentletters.
    Havethestudentscompileavocabularylistofsilentletterwords.
    Havethestudentsreadthroughatextandmakeanoteofthesilentletterwordsthattheyfindinit.
    Havethestudentsplaywordgamesforexample,fillinginthesilentlettersinawrittenwordorguessingwhichisthesilentletterina
    spokenword.
    Memorizingwordsisagoodidea,butreadingalotisevenbetter.Themorethestudentsread,themorefamiliarthey'llbecomewiththe
    conceptofsilentletterrulesandthemoreadeptthey'llbecomeatusingthelanguage.

    References
    BBCSkillswiseSilentLettershttp://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quickfind/search?keywords=silent+letters&x=1150&y=239
    UsingEnglishSilentLettersQuizhttp://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/72.html

    http://www.brighthubeducation.com/eslteachingtips/102714englishrulesforsilentlettersexplanationandteachingideas/

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