Key learning points

1. A silent 'b' generally comes towards the end of a word and next to a 't' or after the letter 'm'.
2. A silent 'w' might come at the beginning of a word before the letter 'r'.
3. A silent 'k' always comes at the beginning of a word and before the letter 'n'.
4. A silent 'g' can come at the beginning of a word or at the end of a word, but it generally comes before the letter 'n'.
5. How to spell words with the silent letter 't' and the curriculum words: government, parliament, rhyme.

Keywords

• Silent letter - a letter in a word that is not pronounced when the word is spoken

• Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning

• Grapheme - the letter or group of letters that represent a sound

• Digraph - two letters that represent one sound

Common misconception