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House of English Silent Letters and Rules

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How Do You Pronounce?
ballet
listen
cupboard
island
sword

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Here is the answer

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ballet
/ˈbæleɪ/
listen
/ˈlɪsn/
cupboard
/ˈkʌbəd/
island
/ˈaɪlənd/
sword
/sɔːd/

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So Why?
It is because these English words contain some silent letters, which are not pronounced.

e.g, island has S silent when pronounced, and becomes /ˈaɪlənd/.

In listen, we have T unpronounced, to become /ˈlɪsn/

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How to Memorize?
Only some words with silent letters that we have to memorize. Remaining ones will follow some rules easily to remember.

e.g K is not pronounced when it comes before N at the beginning of a word.
Formula: kn-/n-/
e.g: knock → /nɒk/

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