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4 b.

Underline the silent letters in these words.

Example: know
a.
daughter
daughter
d.
knife
knife
g.
answer
answer
b.
castle
castle
e.
wrong
wrong
h.
wrong
wrong
c.
whale
whale
f.
Christmas
Christmas
i.
born
born
j.
walk
walk
m.
guess
guess
p.
night
night
k.
autumn
autumn
n.
car
car
q.
laugh
laugh
l.
birth
birth
o.
comb
comb
r.
work
work
4 a.

Silent letters. English spelling is not phonetic, so there are many silent letters in English words. Practise saying these words.

knee /niː/
weigh /weɪ/
write /raɪt/
hair /heə/
white /waɪt/
knight /naɪt/
talk /tɔːk/
eight /eɪt/
listen /lɪsn/
hard /hɑːd/
climb /klaɪm/
hour /aʊə/

Recording 46, page 70
Exercise 4c Listen and check.

a
daughter
b
castle
c
whale
d
knife
e
wrong
f
Christmas
g
answer
h
born
i
walk
j
autumn
k
birth
l
guess
m
car
n
comb
o
night
p
laugh
q
work

Recording 47, page 70
Exercise 5 Listen to this telephone conversation. Why don't the gentlemen understand each other?

■ Hello, are you there?
□ Yes, who are you please?
■ I’m Watt.
□ What’s your name?
■ Watt’s my name.
□ Yes, what’s your name?
■ My name is John Watt.
□ John what?
■ Yes, are you Jones?
□ No, I’m Knott.
■ Will you tell me your name then?
□ Will Knott.
■ Why not?
□ My name is Knott.
■ Not what?
□ Not Watt, Knott.
■ What?
 

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