Spelling words with the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'
I can spell words that contain the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'.
Spelling words with the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'
I can spell words that contain the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A silent 'b' generally comes towards the end of a word and next to a 't' or after the letter 'm'.
- A silent 'w' might come at the beginning of a word before the letter 'r'.
- A silent 'k' always comes at the beginning of a word and before the letter 'n'.
- 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'.
- How to spell words with the silent letter 't' and the curriculum words: government, parliament, rhyme.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse 'silent letters' and 'digraphs'.
'kn' is a digraph making the /n/ sound but, in general, silent letters are individual letters in a word that are not pronounced, whereas digraphs are pairs of letters that represent a single sound.
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
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
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n
kn
gn
mm
m
mb
Exit quiz
6 Questions
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n
kn
gn