Silent letters
6 Minute Vocabulary
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Hello
and
welcome
to
Six
Minute
Vocabulary
.
I'm
Catherine
,
and
I'm
Rob
.
In
today's
show
,
we're
going
to
look
at
a
very
important
part
of
spoken
and
written
vocabulary
.
Silent
letters
.
Yes
,
silent
letters
.
We'll
look
at
what
they
are
,
where
they
appear
and
how
to
say
them
.
There'll
be
a
quiz
and
we'll
leave
you
with
a
top
tip
for
learning
vocabulary
.
But
first
,
let's
listen
to
Nick
.
He's
the
doctors
.
And
it's
not
good
news
.
No
,
it's
not
.
While
you
listen
,
try
and
answer
this
question
.
What
treatment
does
the
doctor
suggest
for
Nick
?
Take
a
seat
.
What
seems
to
be
the
problem
?
It's
my
wrist
.
It
really
hurts
.
Let's
see
if
we
can
work
out
what's
wrong
.
Do
you
have
a
pain
anywhere
else
?
What
about
your
elbows
and
knees
?
No
,
they're
fine
.
But
I
can't
move
my
thumb
and
I
don't
know
why
.
Well
,
have
you
done
anything
physically
demanding
recently
?
I
did
play
tennis
yesterday
.
You've
probably
just
got
a
pulled
muscle
you'll
just
have
to
rest
your
wrist
.
No
playing
tennis
for
a
while
,
I'm
afraid
.
So
we
asked
you
,
what
treatment
did
the
doctor
suggest
?
And
the
answer
is
he
told
Nick
to
rest
his
wrist
.
He
did
.
Well
done
.
If
you
got
that
right
now
,
wrist
,
that's
a
bit
of
your
body
that
joins
your
arm
to
your
hand
is
an
example
of
the
vocabulary
area
we're
looking
at
today
.
And
that's
words
with
silent
letters
,
Rob
.
Yes
,
that's
right
.
We
spell
this
word
wrist
r
i
.
S
t
,
but
when
we
say
it
,
we
don't
pronounce
the
first
letter
W
were
.
Instead
we
start
the
sound
from
the
second
letter
in
the
words
,
which
is
the
letter
R
pronounced
.
OK
,
and
let's
listen
to
it
again
.
It's
my
wrist
.
It
really
hurts
.
There
we
are
.
We
don't
say
were
rest
,
we
say
wrist
,
wrist
and
some
other
words
that
start
with
a
silent
w
rob
right
.
That's
w
i
t
e
like
to
write
a
letter
and
wrong
w
r
o
n
g
meaning
not
correct
.
In
fact
,
there's
a
rule
here
,
which
is
we
don't
usually
pronounce
the
W
in
words
that
begin
W
are
.
So
Catherine
,
when
did
you
last
write
a
letter
.
I
wrote
a
letter
on
paper
.
I
really
don't
know
Rob
,
to
be
honest
.
It's
all
for
me
now
.
.
Good
idea
with
your
handwriting
.
Probably
now
next
another
word
with
a
silent
letter
,
but
I
can't
move
my
thumb
and
I
don't
know
why
the
word
was
no
meaning
to
recognize
and
understand
something
.
It's
spelt
k
n
o
w
.
But
we
don't
say
the
letter
K
,
so
it
isn't
.
,
but
no
,
it's
no
.
So
that's
another
rule
.
We
don't
usually
say
the
K
in
words
that
begin
with
K
and
for
example
,
the
joint
between
your
upper
and
lower
leg
.
And
,
the
tool
we
use
to
cut
things
so
knee
and
knife
start
with
silent
K
.
Excellent
.
Right
now
also
said
a
word
with
a
silent
letter
at
the
end
.
Yes
.
He
talked
about
a
body
part
on
your
hand
.
You
have
four
fingers
and
your
thumb
that
sticks
out
the
other
way
.
That's
thumb
spelled
t
h
u
m
b
.
But
we
don't
pronounce
final
B
,
we
don't
say
thumb
,
but
we
say
thumb
,
rob
thumb
.
We
do
.
That's
right
.
Some
other
words
with
a
silent
B
at
the
end
are
clim
like
to
climb
a
ladder
and
a
baby
sheep
.
Hmm
.
Do
you
like
lamb
Catherine
.
I
do
like
lamb
.
I
like
lambs
.
Well
when
they're
alive
and
I
also
have
to
say
I
quite
like
eating
them
.
Oh
right
.
Oh
six
minutes
from
BBC
Learning
English
and
it's
time
for
a
quiz
.
Count
the
silent
letters
in
these
sentences
.
No
.
One
,
there's
something
wrong
with
my
wrist
and
the
answer
is
to
wrong
and
both
the
game
with
a
silent
W
.
Very
good
sentence
.
Number
two
,
I
don't
know
why
my
thumb
hurts
and
the
answer
is
to
again
,
no
starts
with
a
silent
K
and
thumb
ends
with
a
silent
B
.
It
does
.
And
here's
the
last
one
.
No
,
I
can't
climb
up
there
because
I've
hurt
my
knee
.
Huh
.
Well
,
Climb
has
a
silent
B
at
the
end
and
knee
starts
with
a
silent
K
,
but
the
word
no
at
the
beginning
of
a
sentence
is
the
opposite
of
yes
.
So
it's
spelt
and
OK
.
So
the
answer
is
there
are
two
words
with
silent
letters
in
this
sentence
and
it's
very
well
done
to
you
if
you
got
those
right
.
Now
,
that
brings
us
almost
to
the
end
of
today's
program
.
And
before
we
go
,
here's
today's
Top
Tips
for
learning
and
recording
vocabulary
.
When
you
learn
a
word
and
you
know
it's
got
a
silent
letter
marked
the
silent
letter
very
clearly
in
your
vocabulary
notebook
.
That
way
you
won't
forget
how
to
say
it
.
Thank
you
.
I
know
what
to
do
now
.
Yeah
,
very
good
.
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more
about
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Learning
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