Silent letters in Financial English

Silent letters in Financial English

One word on each line of the list below is spelled as it is pronounced and so has a silent letter missing. Write the correct spelling of that word next to each line 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

 

leveraged buyout

 

hourly rate

 

interest rates

 

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 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 practice 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