Silent Letters (Important for correct pronunciation)

 In English, some words contain silent letters. A silent letter means a letter that we don't pronounce when saying a word.  Let's have a look at one example: Listen (t is the silence letter here). Therefore, we shouldn't pronounce the "t" when saying "listen".

“A” as a silent letter:

Logically

Critically

Musically

Physically

"B" as a silent letter:

Bomb

Climb

Debt

Doubt

Dumb

Lamb

Numb

“C” as a silent letter:

Disciple

Science

Scissors

Ascent

Fascinate

“D” as a silent letter:

Bridge

Handsome

Grandson

Sandwich

Wednesday

"E" as a silent letter:

Make

Dine

Excite

Single

Debate

Desire

“G” as a silent letter:

Design

Foreign

Sign

Reign

Campaign

Align

"H" as a silent letter

Ghost

Honest

Hour

What

When 

“N” as a silent letter:

Autumn

Column

Damn

Solemn

Condemn

"K" as a silent letter:

Knife

Knew 

Knight

Knock

Knee

"L" as a silent letter:

Walk 

Talk 

Could

Should

 "T" as a silent letter:

Butcher

Castle

Listen

Match

Often

Christmas

Whistle

Fasten

Hustle

Moisten

“U” as a silent letter:

Guess

Guest

Guide

Guilt

Guitar

League

Vague

Guard

"W" as a silent letter:

Whole

Answer

Sword

Wrist

The words containing the silent letter are pronounced always without that silent letter no matter which tense it is. 

So we would pronounce "listen" and "listened" in the same way when we are focusing on the silent letter.

However, you have to be careful, don't generalize. 

Because "t" is silent in "listen", it doesn't mean all the other words containing "t" is silent.

There are only specific words where silent letters exist.