Silent Letters

1 - A is silent in:

Bre(a)kfast; He(a)vy.

2 - B is silent in:

Bom(b); Clim(b); Com(b); De(b)t; Dou(b)t; Dum(b); Lam(b); Thum(b), Su(b)tle

3 - C is silent in:

Mus(c)le; S(c)ene; S(c)ent.

4 - D is silent in:

Gran(d)son; Han(d)bag; Han(d)kerchief; Han(d)some; San(d)wich;
We(d)nesday.

5 - E is silent in:

Car(e)ful; Diff(e)rent; Ev(e)ry; Ev(e)ning; Int(e)resting; Lon(e)ly; Om(e)lette;
Sev(e)ral;Temp(e)rature; Veg(e)table.

6- G is silent in:

Ali(g)n; Champa(g)ne; Forei(g)n; Rei(g)n; Si(g)n.

7 - H is silent in:

Ex(h)aust; (H)eir; (H)onest; (H)onour; (H)our; Sc(h)ool; W(h)at; W(h)en;
W(h)ere; W(h)ether; W(h)ich; W(h)ip; W(h)y; W(h)ite.

8 - GH is silent in:

Borou(gh); Bou(gh)t; Cau(gh)t; Dau(gh)ter; Hei(gh)t; Hi(gh); Li(GH)t; Mi(gh)t;
Nei(gh)bour;Ni(gh)t; Ri(gh)t; Strai(gh)t; Thou(gh)t; Throu(gh); Ti(gh)t;
Wei(gh).

9 - I is silent in:

Asp(i)rin; Bus(i)ness; Cush(i)on; Fash(i)on; Fr(i)end; Med(i)cine.

10 - K is silent in:

KN words as: (K)nee; (K)nead; (K)nife; (K)night; (K)nock; (K)not; (K)now.
Blac(k)guard.

11 - L is silent in:

A(l)mond; Ca(l)m; Ca(l)f; Cha(l)k; Cou(l)d; Fo(l)k; Ha(l)f; Sa(l)mon; Shou(l)d;
Ta(l)k; Wa(l); Wou(l)d.

12 - N is silent in:

Autum(n); Condem(n); Colum(n); Dam(n).

13 - O is silent in:

Le(o)pard; Je(o)pardize.

14 - P is silent in:

Cor(p)s; Cu(p)board; Recei(p)t.
Words beginning in PN, PS, PT as: (P)neumatic; (P)neumonia; (P)sychiatrist; (P)sychology; (P)tomaine.

15 - R is silent in:

Su(r)prise.

16 - S is silent in:

Ai(s)le; I(s)land; I(s)le.

17 - T is silent in:

As(t)hma; Balle(t); Cas(t)le; Chris(t)mas; Fas(t)en; Gourme(t); Lis(t)en;
Of(t)en (can be pronounced with T, too); Rappor(t); Sof(t)en;
Whis(t)le.

18 - U is silent in:

Bu(i)ld; Catalog(u)e; Colleag(u)e; Dialog(u)e; G(u)arantee; G(u)ard;
G(u)errilha; G(u)ess;G(u)est; G(u)ide; G(u)ilt; g(u)itar; G(u)y;
Plag(u0e; Tong(u)e.

19 - W is silent in:

Ans(w)er; S(w)ord; (W)ho; (W)hose; (W)hole; (W)rap; (W)rite; (W)rong.

20 - Y is silent in:

Ma(y)or; Pra(y)er.