Phonics and Word Recognition Assessment 3: Find words with silent letters in the word search grid.

Let's solve this Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 3 worksheet step by step.

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🔍 Objective:

Find all the words that have silent letters from the list:
> honest, knee, thumb, knock, talk, limb, crumb

Then, trace the letters in the grid using the dotted lines to form these words.

We need to:
1. Identify which of the given words have silent letters.
2. Locate those words in the letter grid.
3. Trace them using the dotted lines (implied path).

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✔ Step 1: Analyze the Words for Silent Letters

Let’s go through each word:

| Word | Silent Letter(s) | Explanation |
|----------|------------------|-----------|
| honest | "h" is silent? No — actually, "h" is pronounced here. Wait! Let's double-check. | Actually, "h" is NOT silent in "honest". The "o" is pronounced, and "h" is heard. But wait — let's reconsider: in "honest", the "h" is pronounced, so it's not silent. However, sometimes people confuse it with "honour", but in standard English, "honest" has no silent letters. ✘ |
| knee | "k" and "e" are silent | Yes! In "knee", both "k" and "e" are silent. Pronounced like "nee". ✔ |
| thumb | "b" is silent | Yes! The "b" at the end is silent. Pronounced like "thum". ✔ |
| knock | "k" and "n" are silent | Yes! Both "k" and "n" are silent. Pronounced like "ock". ✔ |
| talk | No silent letters | All letters are pronounced: t-alk. ✘ |
| limb | "b" is silent? No — actually, "b" is pronounced in "limb". | Wait — "limb" has a pronounced "b". So no silent letters. ✘ |
| crumb | "b" is silent? Actually, yes! | In "crumb", the "b" is silent. It's pronounced like "crum". ✔ |

Wait — let’s verify "crumb":
- "crumb": Pronounced /krʌm/ → yes, "b" is silent. ✔

So, the correct words with silent letters are:

✔ knee (silent k & e)
✔ thumb (silent b)
✔ knock (silent k & n)
✔ crumb (silent b)

✘ honest – no silent letters (h is pronounced)
✘ talk – no silent letters
✘ limb – "b" is pronounced, not silent

So, we’re looking for:
- knee
- thumb
- knock
- crumb

But note: "honest" is listed, but it doesn’t have a silent letter. Maybe it's a distractor?

Let’s check if any other words have silent letters.

Wait — what about "honest"?
- "honest" = h-o-n-e-s-t
- Pronunciation: /ˈɒnɪst/ or /ˈɑːnɪst/ — the "h" is silent!

Ah! This is key.

In British English, "h" is silent in "honest". In American English, it's often pronounced, but in many phonics curricula, especially for kids, "honest" is taught as having a silent "h".

So depending on dialect, "honest" may be considered to have a silent "h".

But in most phonics teaching materials, "honest" is included as a word with a silent "h".

So let’s include it.

Thus, words with silent letters are:

✔ honest – silent h
✔ knee – silent k and e
✔ thumb – silent b
✔ knock – silent k and n
✔ crumb – silent b

Now, "talk" and "limb" do not have silent letters.

So we are to find:
- honest
- knee
- thumb
- knock
- crumb

Let’s locate these in the grid.

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🧩 Step 2: Find the Words in the Grid

Here is the grid:

```
Row 1: K N O C K
Row 2: N I T T D H
Row 3: E P A H C O
Row 4: E M L U R N
Row 5: O Y K M U E
Row 6: L I M B M S
Row 7: B U B T
```

Columns: 1 to 7 (left to right)

Let’s search for each word.

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#### 🔎 1. knee

Letters: K, N, E, E

Look for K-N-E-E vertically or horizontally.

Check column 1:
- Row 1: K
- Row 2: N
- Row 3: E
- Row 4: E

→ Column 1, Rows 1–4: K, N, E, E → That’s KNEE!

So knee is in column 1, rows 1 to 4 (vertical).

Trace: K → N → E → E

✔ Found!

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#### 🔎 2. thumb

Letters: T, H, U, M, B

Look for sequence: T-H-U-M-B

Check row 3: T, H, C, O → no

Row 4: M, L, U, R, N → no

Row 5: O, Y, K, M, U, E → has M and U, but not in order

Check row 6: L, I, M, B, M, S

Has M, B, M — but not T-H-U-M-B

Try column 5: C, D, C, R, U, M, B → C,D,C,R,U,M,B → not helpful

Wait — look at column 4:
- Row 1: C
- Row 2: T
- Row 3: H
- Row 4: U
- Row 5: M
- Row 6: B

That’s: C, T, H, U, M, B → T-H-U-M-B starts at row 2, column 4

So:
- Row 2, col 4: T
- Row 3, col 4: H
- Row 4, col 4: U
- Row 5, col 4: M
- Row 6, col 4: B

Yes! T-H-U-M-B → thumb!

So thumb is in column 4, rows 2 to 6 (vertical)

Trace: T → H → U → M → B

✔ Found!

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#### 🔎 3. knock

Letters: K, N, O, C, K

Look for K-N-O-C-K

Check row 1: K, N, O, C, K → exactly!

Row 1: Col 1: K, Col 2: N, Col 3: O, Col 4: C, Col 5: K → K-N-O-C-K

Perfect!

So knock is in row 1, columns 1 to 5 (horizontal)

Trace: K → N → O → C → K

✔ Found!

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#### 🔎 4. crumb

Letters: C, R, U, M, B

Look for C-R-U-M-B

Check column 5:
- Row 1: K
- Row 2: D
- Row 3: C
- Row 4: R
- Row 5: U
- Row 6: M
- Row 7: B

So:
- Row 3, col 5: C
- Row 4, col 5: R
- Row 5, col 5: U
- Row 6, col 5: M
- Row 7, col 5: B

→ C, R, U, M, B → CRUMB

Vertical in column 5, rows 3 to 7

Trace: C → R → U → M → B

✔ Found!

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#### 🔎 5. honest

Letters: H, O, N, E, S, T

Look for H-O-N-E-S-T

Check row 2: N, I, T, T, D, H → ends with H

Row 3: E, P, A, H, C, O

Row 4: E, M, L, U, R, N

Row 5: O, Y, K, M, U, E

Row 6: L, I, M, B, M, S

Row 7: B, U, B, T

Wait — look at column 6:
- Row 2: H
- Row 3: O
- Row 4: N
- Row 5: E
- Row 6: S
- Row 7: T

So:
- Row 2, col 6: H
- Row 3, col 6: O
- Row 4, col 6: N
- Row 5, col 6: E
- Row 6, col 6: S
- Row 7, col 6: T

→ H, O, N, E, S, T → HONEST

Yes! Vertical in column 6, rows 2 to 7

Trace: H → O → N → E → S → T

✔ Found!

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✔ Final Answer: Words with Silent Letters

All five words have silent letters:
- honest – silent h
- knee – silent k and e
- thumb – silent b
- knock – silent k and n
- crumb – silent b

And they are all found in the grid:

| Word | Location in Grid | Direction |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|
| knee | Column 1, rows 1–4 | Vertical |
| thumb | Column 4, rows 2–6 | Vertical |
| knock | Row 1, columns 1–5 | Horizontal |
| crumb | Column 5, rows 3–7 | Vertical |
| honest | Column 6, rows 2–7 | Vertical |

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📝 Instructions for Tracing

On the worksheet, students should:
- Use the dotted lines (which are likely implied or drawn between adjacent letters) to connect the letters forming each word.
- Trace over the dots to complete the word.

For example:
- For knee: Start at K (row 1, col 1), then down to N, E, E → follow vertical path.
- For knock: Left to right across row 1: K → N → O → C → K
- And so on.

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✔ Summary

The words with silent letters are:
> honest, knee, thumb, knock, crumb

All are present in the grid and can be traced as follows:
- honest: col 6, rows 2–7 (vertical)
- knee: col 1, rows 1–4 (vertical)
- thumb: col 4, rows 2–6 (vertical)
- knock: row 1, cols 1–5 (horizontal)
- crumb: col 5, rows 3–7 (vertical)

✔ All found!

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🎉 Final Answer:

The words with silent letters are: honest, knee, thumb, knock, and crumb.
They are located in the grid as described above. Trace the letters along the dotted lines to form each word.