Silent letters in Financial English
One word on each line of the list below is spelt as it is pronounced and so has a silent letter missing. Write the correct spelling of that word next to each line below.
asend to an all-time high
avrage salary
bilding society/ savings and loan
busness meeting
profits are climing
corprate restructuring
goverment debt
detors and creditors
financial disipline
forein exchange
garanteed income
precious eirloom
levraged buyout
ourly rate
intrest rates
monetry union
morgage payments
keep the receit
sin a contract
succum to market forces
underwelming performance
white night investor
holesale trade
holly tax-deductible
Check with the version on the next page.
Mark the silent letters on the words of the list below.
ascend to an all-time high
average salary
building society/ savings and loan
business meeting
profits are climbing
corporate restructuring
government debt
debtors and creditors
financial discipline
foreign exchange
guaranteed income
precious heirloom
hourly rate
interest rates
leveraged buyout
monetary union
mortgage payments
keep the receipt
sign a contract
succumb to market forces
underwhelming performance
white knight investor
wholesale trade
wholly tax-deductible
Check on the first page above, then practise saying them the right way.
Test each other on the above below:
Say a word with or without the silent letter pronounced and see if your partner can say if it is pronounced correctly or not
Say a word with the silent letter pronounced and see if your partner can correct you
Spell a word and see if your partner can say how to pronounce it and/ or which letter is silent
Say a word (with the correct pronunciation) and see if your partner can spell it
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