Spelling Silent Consonants

A pup is a young dog. A ________ is a young sheep.

• thumb

• lamb

• knob

Your leg bends at the ankle. Your arm bends at the _____ .

• wrist

• lamb

• knot

You walk on a sidewalk. You _____ up a tree.

• climb

• knit

• gnaw

Your big toe is on your foot. Your _______ is on your hand.

• lamb

• knot

• thumb

Chickens peck at corn. Dogs _____ on bones.

• wrist

• gnaw

• wrench

A carpenter uses a hammer. A plumber uses a ______ .

• wrist

• gnaw

• wrench

The artist painted a striped _____ on the vase.

• crumb

• knit

• design

I ______ how to dive.

• know

• knot

• knob

He ironed every ______ out of his shirt.

• wrist

• wrinkle

• written

My teachers never ________ a lot of homework.

• assign

• climb

• crumb