Silent Knight Calling all spelling bee champs. Many English words have letters that aren't pronounced, and for no good reason. Puzzle guy Will Hines shines the harsh light of day on words that try ...

We have to contend not only with silent letters in English, but also with the overlooked fact that the name of some consonants begins with a vowel sound, for example, L, M, N, R, S and X.

Our first short U words worksheet has words that correspond to a long U sound or a short U sound. Kids can use a crayon or a ...

According to the author of The Word Snoop Ursula Dubosarky, about 60 per cent of English words contain silent letters, and they can be consonants as well as silent vowels.

Teaching your little ones how to correctly pronounce their words isn't easy - especially when there are so many silent consonants and necessary vowels. The English language really isn't easy.