Investigate Words with Silent Letters: 'w' or 'h'

Some words have letters that we don't pronounce (say out loud) when we read them. These are called silent letters.

The word sword has a silent 'w'.

The word rhino has a silent 'h'.

We just have to learn which words have silent letters, but it might be helpful to remember that many words with a silent 'w' have the letter 'r' straight afterwards.

Read these words carefully as you will need to spell them correctly in this activity. They all have either a silent 'w' or a silent 'h' in them.

write

wrapper

wrong

wrist

answer

rhyme

chemist

whale

honest

whine