Then reading and writing words with silent letters repeatedly helps to etch the silent letters in your knowledge. And the ...

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'.

What is a silent letter? Silent letters are letters that can’t be heard when the word is spoken. For example in the word 'sword', you don’t pronounce the letter ‘w’. sword And the letter ...