English is becoming one of the most common languages worldwide, yet silent letters in words present a challenge for many learners. Silent letters help distinguish homophones, but result from borrowing ...

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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. Mr McPartlin: Hello, I'm Mr McPartlin, and today we're going to look at ...

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The scourge of spellers, silent letters are often a stumbling block when learning how to write in English. To the modern eye, it's unclear what these letters are doing in the words in question, and ...

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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'.