It’s when someone speaking drops the letter “t”. The logic behind this issue is to speak faster, create a smoother flow when speaking and simplify pronunciation with a “glottal stop.” For example, ...

This can make learning to spell the words quite tricky! Watch this short video to see some more examples of silent letter words. Mr McPartlin: Hello, I'm Mr McPartlin, and today we're going to look at ...

Shhhh! Listen close as Mr. Steve explains the power of the often-overlooked, sneaky silent letters that like to slip into words. Sometimes letters like b and l, make no sound at all!

The Roman alphabet is an unwieldy vessel for the multitude of sounds in many Western languages, and this is exemplified by the phenomenon of silent letters — for example, the vestigial “k” in the word ...

The rogue knight doubted that the asthmatic knave in knickers could climb the castle columns, but when their wrangle wrought chaos on the couple, the knight resigned with the knowledge that their ...

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This can make learning to spell the words quite tricky! Watch this short video to see some more examples of silent letter words. Vowel sounds are made by the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o' and 'u'.