step095.htm/11OCT2001

Step 95: Silent letters.

Some letters are silent, but this is not as difficult as you may think, because k and g (which are a pair, voiced, unvoiced, when sounded) go silent before n. W is silent before r at the beginning. and in two words in the middle. A silent b or n at the end is after m. The silent l in yolk, folk, only applies in those two words, and before m in psalm, palm, calm. Write these words out two or three times.

kn‑ wr‑ ‑mb ‑mn

knife wrong climb hymn but hymnal

The n is sounded in the longer word.

__ ight __ ist co __ autum _ : autumnal

__ ow __ eck cli __ ed solem _ , solemnity

__ ew __ en co __ ed colum _, columnar

__ot __ ap la __

__ ob __ ite li __

__ ee __ ing(twist) du __

__ ock Nor_ich cru __

__ uckle ans _ er thu __

Joke What lies at the bottom of the sea and shivers? A nervous wreck!