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Hi Guys....

As you know, you cannot always tell how to pronounce an English word from its spelling. Sometimes the same letter represent different  sound, for example :

U in Busy, Burry, Pull, Sun and Rude. Sometimes a letter represent no sound, it is “silent” or not pronounced. Many common words contain silent letters. Some of them are following :

B in debt, doubt, and subtle

D in Wednesday (the first d)

Gh in though, thorough, and through

H in Thai, John, Thomas, Esther, and in hour , honor, and their. Derivatives such as hourly,honorable, honest.

I  in business, fruit, juice, suit and bruise

L in could, should, would, and Lincoln (the second L)

P in receipt and corps

S in corps, aisle, and island

T in Christmas

U in build, buy, guard, guess, guide, guitar, and liquor.

W in answer, sword, two, who, whose, whom, whole, and wholly

Exercise : practice this following, applying the principles previously discussed.

1. John joined the air corps last Wednesday
2. He won’t need his business suits anymore
3. I wouldn’t say he was dishonest
4. Fruit juice didn’t suit him
5. He got in debt through buying liquor
6. There was no doubt about his guilt
7. He’d signed a receipt for two cases

 Thanks For reading ;)