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Learn to Spell Words Containing a Silent 't'

In this worksheet, students will practise spelling some words which contain a silent letter t (ballet, wrestle, listen, fasten, whistle).

Worksheet Overview

Some words are spelt with letters that we do not pronounce (say out loud).  These letters are called silent letters.

 

whistle

 

In this activity, we are going to look at words which contain a silent t.

 

We will look at the following five words and practise spelling them:

 

ballet

wrestle

listen

fasten

whistle

 

You can listen to them here:

 

Spend a few minutes looking at these words before beginning the questions. 

 

You could use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to practise them before we begin.

 

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