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Silent GH

Saturday, July 20, 2019 by Eva Easton 3 Comments

Written gh has no sound of its own.
It’s never pronounced as it’s written, i.e. /gh/.
Sometimes written gh even disappears, as in silent gh words.


Now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
Which word do you year?

1. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-meeting.mp3I'm going to the meeting even _________ I don't really want to.

2. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-singer.mp3The singer is at the _________ of her popularity.

3. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-crowd.mp3We lost _________ of him in the crowd.

4. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-thorough.mp3They did a _________ job.  They took care of everything.  They left nothing to chance.

5. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-wtc-height.mp3What is the _________ of the World Trade Center?

6. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-phone.mp3The phone woke me up even _________ it wasn't very loud.

7. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-love.mp3Do you believe in love at first _________ ?

8. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-problem.mp3They _________ a lot about their problem.

9. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-wtc.mp3How _________ is the World Trade Center?  Do you know?

10. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-tunnel.mp3The little boy likes it when the train goes _________ the tunnel and it gets dark.

11. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-elephant-weight.mp3What is the _________ of an elephant.

12. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-gh-elephant-weigh.mp3How much does an elephant _________ .

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Related Lessons:

  1. gh words
  2. gh words:  secret 7 verbs
  3. gh words: silent
  4. gh words:  f…g…p
  5. gh words:  dough – doughnut
  6. gh words:  rough – tough – enough – slough off
  7. gh words:  cough – trough – ought to – wrought
  8. gh words: bough – bow
  9. gh words: homophones

Related Lessons:

  1. Silent B + audio quiz
  2. Silent GH + audio quiz
  3. Silent H + audio quiz
  4. Silent G + audio quiz
  5. Silent K + audio quiz
  6. Silent L + audio quiz
  7. Silent M & N + audio quiz
  8. Silent P + audio quiz
  9. Silent S + audio quiz
  10. Silent T + audio quiz
  11. Silent W + audio quiz
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  1. Srećko says

    Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 4:09 am

    20/20
    (I made it using my dictionary though) 🙂
    Thank you
    Grüße aus Deutschland

    Reply
    • Eva Easton says

      Monday, October 19, 2020 at 3:52 pm

      Thank you, Amira.

      Eva

      Reply
  2. Amira says

    Monday, October 19, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    It was good

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