Learn to Spell Words Containing a Silent 'n'

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

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

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

hymn

solemn

column

autumn

condemn

You can listen to them here:

As you can see, the silent n comes after m in all these words.

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.