Silent Sounds

One difficult aspect of English pronunciation is that you don't always pronounce every letter in a word. For example, you don't pronounce the 'l' in 'walk'.

But how do you know what these silent letters are? Take a look at this very useful pronunciation exercise on silent sounds. It has some of the most common examples of letters that aren't pronounced.

Some more pronunciation tips on silent letters

- a 'b' at the end of the word is often not pronounced:

i.e. bomb, thumb, dumb

- a 'k' before 'n' is not pronounced:

i.e. knee. know

- in words starting 'psy', the 'p' is not pronounced:

i.e psychology, psychiatry

Answers to last week's exercise

Here are the adjective-noun combinations for different types of film.

chilling horror

fast-paced action

hilarious comedy

spaghetti western

tense thriller

By : tatank,