This week, we will be focusing on the silent letters ‘g’, ‘k’

• Many words in English have silent letters.
• Spoken language changes faster than written language.
• The following words have a letter in them which was probably sounded many years ago but no longer is.
• Silent letters are not sounded but are still needed for accurate spelling.
• Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants.

Teaching points

Silent ‘g’ is often followed by ‘n’ and the ‘n’ is often followed by a vowel.

Silent ‘g’ is often followed by ‘n’ and often in the letter string ‘ign’.

Silent ‘k’ is always followed by ‘n’ and the ‘n’ is always followed by a vowel.