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Grade 2 Reading Worksheet
Circle the silent letter in each word.
numb
wreck
thumb
flight
crumb
wren
knife
wrung
climb
light
Some letters are in a word but make no sound. In knife and knot the k is silent, in wrap and write the w is silent, in lamb and thumb the b is silent, and in light and night the gh is silent. These are some of the trickiest words to spell, because the child hears one thing and has to write another. This worksheet prints a word and the letters that make it up.
The child says the word aloud, listens for each sound, and circles the letter that is written but not said. Some choices are two letters together, such as gh, because those letters are silent as a pair. Ask your child to say the word slowly and hold up a finger for each sound, and then to look for the letter that has no finger.
Common Core standard: RF.2.3
The word is knife. You say nife, so the k makes no sound. Circle the k.
Circling the second letter, such as n in knife, because it is the second letter, instead of the one that makes no sound.
Say the word slowly. Which letter do you see but not hear?
Circling the second letter, such as n in knife, because it is the second letter, instead of the one that makes no sound.
Say the word slowly. Which letter do you see but not hear?
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