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Investigate Words with Silent Letters: 'w' or 'h'

In this worksheet, students will practise reading and spelling words with a silent 'w' or 'h'.

Worksheet Overview

Some words have letters that we don't pronounce (say out loud) when we read them. These are called silent letters.

 

sword

 

The word sword has a silent 'w'.

 

rhino

 

The word rhino has a silent 'h'.

 

We just have to learn which words have silent letters, but it might be helpful to remember that many words with a silent 'w' have the letter 'r' straight afterwards.

 

Read these words carefully as you will need to spell them correctly in this activity. They all have either a silent 'w' or a silent 'h' in them.

 

write

wrapper

wrong

wrist

answer

rhyme

chemist

whale

honest

whine

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