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Silent Letters | PART 2

Hey guys! I’m Emma from mmmEnglish and welcome to another video lesson! This is actually part 2 of a video series about silent letters in English words so if you want to watch part 1, you can watch it here or here… I can’t remember where… I never remember where! Anyway, or the links in the description under this video so you can find it there. In part one of the video we went through silent letters that are in the first half of the alphabet, so from A to L. So, we’ve still got half to go.

But luckily for you the letter M is usually pronounced and so you don’t have to worry about the letter M. N on the other hand, you do have to worry about! Now, before i explain i want to show you the difference between M and N so that you can hear and you can see the difference in my mouth when I’m explaining because it can get a bit confusing! So, M you’ll see that all of my lips are touching, all the way along, like in the word ‘mum’ or or in ‘mmmEnglish’ or ‘Emma’.

The letter N; my mouth is open actually and it’s my tongue that’s doing the work. So, my tongue is lifting to the roof of my mouth, behind my teeth; N, N. So, now you can see the difference between M and N. It’s important because when i’m explaining the silent letter N it actually is silent when it’s next to M. Confusing, huh? Let’s look at some examples! DAMN (like damn it!) HYMN (a song that you sing in church) The letter P can also be silent in words like receipt psychology and psycho.

Now, remember that P can also be silent or it changes when it’s next to a H and together PH can often mean and F sound, like in the examples paragraph and telephone. Now the letter R is not silent in American English but it can be in British English and also Australian English. If you think about words like ‘butter’, ‘butter’, the R at the end of the word is not pronounced. Now an S can also be silent and i know that you’ve already struggled with this one!

and AISLE (the bride walked down the aisle) So, an S can be a little bit sneaky, that one! Now, the letter T can also be a bit sneaky and it can also be silent. Like in these examples and there’s quite a few!Cheeky little T! Now the letter U can also be silent and i bet you didn’t think of that letter when we started talking about silent letters in English!

But it’s quite common. Have a look at all of these examples of really common english words. Words like, It’s also not usually pronounced in adverbs like ‘beautifully’, ‘wonderfully’. The letter W is silent when it’s at the start of a word before the letter R. Like, It’s also not pronounced in these common words: Well that’s it for silent letters and for the silent letter series.