Silent letters

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.

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0:32.3	Now, back to six-minute vocabulary.
0:36.1	Six-minute vocabulary.
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0:45.7	Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary.
0:50.9	I'm Catherine.
0:51.7	And I'm Rob.
0:52.8	In today's show, we're going to look at a very important part of spoken and written vocabulary. I'm Catherine. And I'm Rob. In today's show, we're going to look at a very important
0:55.6	part of spoken and written vocabulary, silent letters. Yes, silent letters. We'll look at what
1:01.6	they are, where they appear, and how to say them. There'll be a quiz. And we'll leave you with
1:07.1	a top tip for learning vocabulary. But first, let's listen to Nick.
1:13.6	He's the doctors and it's not good news.
1:15.6	No, it's not.
1:17.6	While you listen, try and answer this question.
1:20.6	What treatment does the doctor suggest for Nick?
1:23.6	Take a seat. What seems to be the problem?
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