Silent letters in Financial English

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