We have many words with silent letters.

This means that we don’t pronounce them.

Here are some silent letters and a few examples:

• The letter ‘b’ that follows ‘m’ at the end of words (like bomb, comb, doubt and thumb).
• The letter ‘c’ when it is placed after an ‘s’ (‘sc’) (like descend, disciple, fascinate and scene).
• The letter  ‘k’ when it appears at the beginning of a word followed by ‘n’ (‘kn’) (like knee, knot and know).
• The letter ‘p’ at the beginning of a word followed by ‘s’ (like psychology, psychiatrist and psychotherapy).
• The letter ‘h’ when it appears after some consonants (‘gh’, ‘wh’, ‘rh’) (like ghost, what, when, where and rhino).

Now test yourself.

Say all these words out loud and see if you are keeping those letters silent. 

You could stay in a single luxury suite for two. In an airplane. At Teuge International airport in The Netherlands.

The facilities look amazing:

• Luxury breakfast
• Jacuzzi
• Infrared sauna
• Mini bar
• Three Flatscreen televisions
• Two Blu-ray DVD players
• Collection of DVDs
• Coffee and tea maker
• Free wireless internet

And you can even book a sightseeing flight or a flight lesson if you’d like to do something memorable.

Quite creative, don’t you think?

Convertio is an easy tool to convert files online.

To test it, I:

• uploaded my file. An MP4 which I posted on YouTube some time ago.
• chose a new format. An MP3.
• pressed the red ‘Convert’ button.

And here’s the result:

What are ‘Brückentage’?

Could this tool be useful for you, too?

Do you read the news in English?

It’s possible.

Just google “English newspapers” and you’ll find a long list to choose from.

You might have to pay for a subscription though.

Newsinlevels.com is free.

You’ll find lots of short articles at three different levels of English. With audio clips and videos.

This one is about Pictures of Pluto. And here’s one about Insect Ice Cream.

Which topic interests you most?