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Silent Letters Detective Worksheet

Silent letter detective worksheet: students search outside texts for words with mb, wr, bt, sw, kn and mn, aiming for longer words and different positions, and look up unfamiliar meanings.
Grades
Grades 2–4, Elementary
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Vocabulary
Topic
Consonants, Digraphs
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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What's inside this resource

This Silent Letters Detective Worksheet is a great way for students to learn about words with silent letters. It is a fun and interactive way for students to search for examples of words with silent letters in various texts. This worksheet is a great resource for teachers who want to help their students learn about silent letters.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Find words that contain the silent-letter combinations mb, wr, bt, sw, kn and mn
  • Notice where a silent-letter combination falls within a word

Teaching tips

  • Every answer comes from outside reading, so students need books or other texts and a dictionary on hand.

Skills covered

  • Dictionary use — looking up the meanings of unfamiliar words found during the search

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Silent letters
  • Letter combinations
  • Syllables

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