Silent Letters

 

Rules For Silent Letters Part 1

1. Silent letter B

Letter B is silent after M at the end of a word.

Word এর শেষে m এর পরে b থাকলে bএর উচ্চারণ হবেনা।

Examples:
- Climb, dumb, tomb, limb, bomb, thumb

Letter B is also generally silent before T at the end of a root word.

Examples:
- Subtle, doubt, debt

2. Silent letter C

Letter C is silent in the SC word combination and C is useless in front of K or Q.
C যখন S এর পরে থাকে এবং K অথবা Q এর আগে থাকে তখন C এর উচ্চারণ হবে না 
Examples:
- Muscle, scissors, ascent, miscellaneous
- Acquaintance, acknowledge, acquiesce, acquit

3. Silent letter D

Letter D is not pronounced in the DG combination.

D যদি G এর আগে থাকে তবে D এর উচ্চারণ হবে না 

Examples:
- Grudge, hedge, pledge, dodge

It is also not pronounced in the following words-
তাছাড়া নিম্নের words গুলোর মধ্যেও D এর উচ্চারণ হবে না।

Sandwich,handkerchief, handsome, Wednesday

4. Silent letter E

Letter E is silent when it is at the end of the words.

Examples:
- Site, hide, grave, drive, bite

5. Silent letter G

Letter G is not pronounced when it comes before n.

Examples:
- Design, align,champagne, foreign, sign

But there are some exceptions to it.

Examples:
- Cognitive, signature, magnet, igneous

6. Silent letter GH

Letter GH is silent when it comes after a vowel.

Examples:
- Through, drought, daughter, light, weight, right

Whereas exceptions are when the words are compound words, i.e., they are a combined words.

Examples:
- Doghouse, foghorn, bighead

Sometimes gh is also pronounced like F.

Examples:
- Dough, rough, cough

7. Silent letter H

Letter H is silent when it comes after W.

Examples:
- What, why, when, where

H is also silent when it comes after C, G and R.

Examples:
- Choir, chorus, rhythm, echo

Sometimes H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words.

Examples:
- Hour, honest, heir