Silent letters
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC
4.5 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Do you struggle to understand conversations in English? |
| 0:11.5 | Want to listen to something that's easy and fun? |
| 0:15.8 | In real easy English, our presenters have a real conversation in Easy English to help you learn. |
| 0:24.2 | Search Learning Easy English on your podcast app or visit our website to watch the video version, |
| 0:31.8 | BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:36.0 | Six minutes vocabulary. From BBC Learning English.com. Six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:38.5 | From BBC Learning English. |
| 0:45.7 | Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm Catherine. |
| 0:51.8 | And I'm Rob. |
| 0:52.9 | 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 |
| 1:01.7 | they are, where they appear, and how to say them. There'll be a quiz. And we'll leave you with a top |
| 1:07.6 | tip for learning vocabulary. |
| 1:13.2 | But first, let's listen to Nick. |
| 1:16.3 | He's the doctors, and it's not good news. |
| 1:17.2 | No, it's not. |
| 1:20.2 | While you listen, try and answer this question. |
| 1:23.9 | What treatment does the doctor suggest for Nick? |
| 1:25.1 | Take a seat. |
| 1:26.7 | What seems to be the problem? |
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