Silent letters Part Two on to the silent L. So, L is not pronounced after the vowels A o n to you. Examples. Talk. We don't say toke just talk or salmon, salmon. We don't say Selman salmon shouldn't shouldn't. And yoke.

Yoke. Or calf calf, you don't hear the L. calf. And folk like folk music, folk, silent n So, the rule is n is not pronounced after m at the end of a word, the word autumn, autumn, the N is not pronounced or limb, limb and column, column or down, down and solemn, solemn and condemn, condemn p p is silent when a word begins with p s or p n, like psychic, psychic or pneumonia, pneumonia psychedelic psychedelic psychology, psychology. MP is sometimes silent in the middle of a word like cupboard cupboard or raspberry raspberry cupboard, raspberry. Silent as the rule is, as is silent before l in some common words like Island or Island, Island, Island, and as is just silent in some other common words like Illinois. We don't say Illinois, just Illinois and Arkansas, Arkansas.

Or debris, debris, Porsche Porsche that is French bushwa silent tea. Tea is just silent in some common words like castle, castle or gore may or may not listen. Listen, not listen. Listen ballet, ballet rapport rapport and whistle. Whistle moving on to the silent you you is silent when it comes after g bye Get by get or guard, guard, tongue, tongue and you is silent when it comes before a vowel colleagues colleague, colleague or circuit circuit and guide guide. Then the silent w. w is silent before are at the beginning of a word like Right.

Right. wrestle, wrestle and w is silent in these words who and Sir, sword and two. Okay, that was our lesson on silent letters.