Silent letters and strange jobs

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

AD 43

anno Domini Nostri Jesu Christi

Year Lord Our Jesus Christ

lessonup.app 

CODE: 

Look at the rules together

Read and discuss 

What did the Romans bring to Great Britain?

Latin

Plumbing (Lead)

PLUMBING

-Latin PLUMBUM = Lead 

-B is now silent (after an M) - modern English

-History: Romans

-and...........

CHEMISTRY 

RULES

- B after the M

- H before an O or OU (Hour, honest = French)

- K before an N (Knight, knife = Old Norse)

- L after A, O and followed by a consonant (Talk, walk, half = Germanic)

N after the M at end of a word (Autumn, Column = Latin - Columna)

- Silent P when followed by an S (Psalm, Psychology = Greek) 

  

Silent L

Silent K

Silent N

Salmon

Know

Solemn

Hymn

Calm

Reading

P 127

"The strangest jobs known to mankind"

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