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Silent Consonant: T

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Poor written T … changing all the time.
Written T is pronounced several ways.
This lesson is for practicing words with silent t.

Now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
Which words have a silent t?

1. 

I saw a really interesting interview the other day.

2. 

I'm going to get a Dalmatian dog, like the firemen have.

3. 

Why don't you want to go to the ballet with me?

4. 

Listen! Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

5. 

Hmm. I don't know that word. Let me look it up in the dictionary.

6. 

I've got thirty dollars. That's plenty for what I want to buy.

7. 

Have you ever eaten at that buffet restaurant?

8. 

I can't find my keys. I don't know where I put them.

9. 

That castle certainly is big.

10. 

The meeting starts in twenty minutes...better get going.

11. 

We just bought a new house. Signed the mortgage yesterday.

12. 

How often do you eat vegetables?

Related Lessons:

  1. real t
  2. stop t = /t|/
  3. stop /t|/ + /ṇ/
  4. flap t = /d/
  5. t = /ʃ/
  6. t = /t͡ʃ/
  7. silent t
  8. numbers …/t/ or /d/
  9. 5 ways we use numbers
  10. numbers 13-90 & “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall”

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