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Festivals and celebrations silent letters practice

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Letters which are not pronounced in words related to festivals and celebrations in different countries like Xmas, traditional summer festivals, and weddings.

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Festivals and celebrations silent letters practice

Share your experiences of things on the next page and see if you have anything in common. Your teacher will tell you which column or columns to look at.

Share one thing you have in common and see if anyone else in the class shares that thing.

Ask about anything below that you don’t understand, are not sure how to pronounce, etc, sharing your experiences (or lack of experience) as a class each time.

Mark the silent letters on the column(s) that you looked at before. Each line has at least one silent letter.

Check with the version without silent letters.

Put the silent letters into the version without silent letters.

Test each other on the silent letters:

  • Spell a word which has a silent letter and see if your partner can pronounce it
  • Spell a word which has a silent letter and see if your partner can identify which letter is silent
  • Say a word with the wrong pronunciation because you have pronounced the usually silent letter, and see if your partner can repeat it back with the right pronunciation
  • Say a word that has a silent letter (without pronouncing that letter) and see if your partner can spell it
  • Choose a word which has a silent letter but don’t say the word, say which letter is silent, define the word without saying any part of the word (“It’s a thing which…”) and see if your partner can guess which word you chose
  • Say a word which has a silent letter (with the correct pronunciation) and see if your partner can repeat it back in an example sentence
  • Spell a word which has a silent letter and see if your partner can say that word in an example sentence

Level 1

Ash Wednesday

bouquets of flowers

breaking up whole fruit (hitting watermelons, etc)

special buffet lunches

carving with a special carving knife

Christmas Eve

eating salmon

eating special seasonal foreign food (mooncakes, etc)

ghost costumes

special biscuits/ cookies (e.g. gingerbread men)

gourmet fairs

greeting the sunrise in beautiful scenery at particular times of year

handkerchief dances

honouring your ancestors

keeping the receipt of presents

kneeling (in prayer/ and kowtowing to your parents)

knitted Xmas sweaters

knocking on doors

listening to speeches (e.g. the King’s speech)

looking at autumn leaves

lucky knotted threads

nativity scenes

remembering historical wrongs

roast lamb

scented candles

special seasonal exhibitions

staying up for 24 hours

traditional wrestling

turkey sandwiches

wakes/ guarding dead bodies overnight

walking down the aisle

whisked cream

whiskey/ whisky

whistling

White Day

wrapping paper

writing cards/ thank you letters

Level 2

anniversaries of the atom bomb

appeasing (wrathful) ghosts/ wraiths

ascent of Buddha/ of Mohammed/ of…

beating out special rhythms

birds filled with stuffing made from breadcrumbs

birthday of the reigning king/ queen/ emperor/ empress/ prince/ princess

cancellation of debts

celebrating Advent (when baby Jesus appeared in Mary’s womb)

famous playwrights’ birthdays (Shakespeare’s birthday, etc)

glistening decorations

kneading sticky rice into chewy rice balls by whacking it with a wooden mallet in a pestle

lucky knickknacks

moistening the ground in front of your house/ store/ workplace

people being knighted at special times of year

remembering Jesus’s original twelve apostles/ disciples

silhouettes/ shadow puppets

solemn memorials

special hymns (Xmas carols, etc)

sword dances

testing each other on your knowledge of holy books/ religious stories/ traditional stories

underwhelming festivals

visiting family graves/ tombs

wearing rhinestones

whirling prayer wheels

whittling wood

wreaths (made of holly)

 

 

 

Suggested answers/ Without silent letters version

Level 1

Ash Wenesday

bouques of flowers

breaking up hole fruit (hitting watermelons, etc)

special buffe lunches

carving with a special carving nife

Chrismas Eve

eating samon

eating special seasonal forein food (mooncakes, etc)

gost costumes

special biscits/ cookies (e.g. gingerbread men)

gourme fairs

greeting the sunrise in beautiful senery at particular times of year

hankerchief dances

onouring your ancestors

keeping the receit of presents

neeling (in prayer/ and kowtowing to your parents)

nitted Xmas sweaters

nocking on doors

lisening to speeches (e.g. the King’s speech)

looking at autum leaves

lucky notted threads

nativity senes

remembering historical rongs

roast lam

sented candles

special seasonal exibitions

staying up for 24 ours

traditional resling

turkey sanwiches

wakes/ garding dead bodies overnight

walking down the aile

wisked cream

wiskey

wistling

Wite Day

rapping paper

riting thank you letters

Level 2

anniversaries of the atom bom

appeasing (rathful) gosts/ raiths

asent of Buddha/ of Mohammed/ of…

beating out special rythms

birds filled with stuffing made from breadcrums

birthday of the reining king/ queen/ emperor/ empress/ prince/ princess

cancellation of dets

celebrating Advent (when baby Jesus appeared in Mary’s wom)

famous playrights’ birthdays (Shakespeare’s birthday, etc)

glisening decorations

neading sticky rice into chewy rice balls by whacking it with a wooden mallet in a pestle

lucky nicknacks

moisening the ground in front of your house/ store/ workplace

people being nighted at special times of year

remembering Jesus’s original twelve aposles/ disiples

silouettes/ shadow puppets

solem memorials

special hyms (Xmas carols, etc)

sord dances

testing each other on your nowledge of holy books/ religious stories/ traditional stories

underwelming festivals

visiting family graves/ toms

wearing rinestones

wirling prayer wheels

wittling wood

reaths (made of holly)

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