This can make learning to spell the words quite tricky! Watch this short video to see some more examples of silent letter words. Vowel sounds are made by the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o' and 'u'.

When writing English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet. However, when speaking there are roughly 44 different sounds in English. If you're concentrating on the sounds of English, you need 44 ...