Question

14. Identify the silent consonants eight of the following words.

i) mortgage ii) colonel iii) pseudonym iv) rendezvous v) reign

vi) whistle vii) coup viii) debris ix) condemn x) overwhelm​

Answer 1

The silent consonants in the given words are as follows:-

i) mortgage - r and t

ii) colonel - first l

iii) pseudonym - p

iv) rendezvous - z and s

v) reign - g

vi) whistle - t

vii) coup - p

viii) debris - s

ix) condemn - the second n

x) overwhelm​ - r

• While pronouncing a word, certain letters are not heard, that is, their phonetic pronunciation is not heard in the entire word's pronunciation
• such letters are called silent letters.
• That is why some words are spelt in a different way than when they are said aloud.