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title: Silent letters and the mystery of -ough — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 13 «Silent letters and the mystery of -ough» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Silent letters and the mystery of -ough

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The 15 questions of lesson 13 «Silent letters and the mystery of -ough» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t1/) — Your mate goes "silent letters were invented just to annoy kids, no cap." What's the truth? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t2/) — A Scottish gran says "It's dreich, the loch's all grey." What sound does "ch" in loch make? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t3/) — Your cousin reads "though, through, tough" out loud as "thuff, thruff, tuff". Which is right? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t4/) — What would happen if English spelling followed speech exactly? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t5/) — A Gen Alpha kid says "Wednesday's d is skibidi random." ("Skibidi" is a word kids shout that means nothing here.) What's the truth? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t6/) — An American tourist says "Wor-ces-ter-shire" letter by letter. A local laughs. How do locals say it? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t7/) — Your brother says "every silent letter was once spoken." Which word proves him wrong? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t8/) — In a cartoon, a knight says "Ka-nig-ht" with every letter. Which is true? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t9/) — A boomer grandad from Cornwall, proper gurt keen on puzzles ("gurt" means very), asks: how many of "knee, wrist, lamb, water, bough" have a silent letter? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t10/) — Your mate says doubt is spelt "doute" in very old books. Could that be true? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/t11/) — Puzzle: which -ough word rhymes with "off"? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the majority of silent letters in English? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the letter "s" appears in the word "island". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word "Wednesday". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/e4/) — Ascertain which of the following words rhymes with "cow". — wrong ✗ · exam

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