Here is a list of common letter combinations with silent letters. This list contains most of the silent letters that give English as a second language students difficulties.

Silent B
B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word.
climb
crumb
dumb
comb

Silent C
C is not pronounced in the ending "scle"
muscle

Silent D
D is not pronounced in the following common words:
handkerchief
sandwich
Wednesday

Silent E
E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually makes the vowel long.
hope
drive
gave
write
site

Silent G
G is not often not pronounced when followed by an N
champagne
foreign
sign
feign

Silent GH
GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words
thought
through
daughter
light
might
right
fight
weight

Silent H
H is not pronounced when following W. Some speakers whisper the H before the W.
what
who
when
where
whether
why

Silent H
H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words. Use the article "an" with unvoiced H. Here are some of the most common:
hour
honest
honor
heir
herb

Pronounced H
H is pronounced at the beginning of these common words. Use the article "a" with voiced H.
hill
history
height
happy
hangover

Silent K
K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word.
knife
knee
know
knock
knowledge

Silent L
L is often not pronounced before L, D, F, M, K.
calm
half
salmon
talk
balk
would
should

Silent N
N is not pronounced following M at the end of a word.
autumn
hymn

Silent P
P is not pronounced at the beginning of many words using the suffix "psych" and "pneu".
psychiatrist
pneumonia
psychotherapy
psychotic

Silent S
S is not pronounced before L in the following words:
island
isle

Silent T
T is not pronounced in these common words:
castle
Christmas
fasten
listen
often
whistle
thistle

Silent U
U is not pronounced before after G and before a vowel.
guess
guidance
guitar
guest

Silent W
W is not pronounced at the beginning of a word followed by an R.
wrap
write
wrong

Silent W
W is not pronounced with these three pronouns:
who
whose
whom

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Individuals often describe themselves through their musical taste, wearing particular clothes and using certain types of slang but the new study explains how music taste can solely reflect a person's character.

Broken down by genre, here is what your musical tastes say about you, the person:

Rock'n'roll: High self-esteem, creative, hard-working and at ease with themselves, but not very kind or generous.

Indie: Low self-esteem, not hard-working, kind or generous, but creative.

Rap: High self-esteem, outgoing.

Blues: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease with themselves.

Classical: High self-esteem, creative and at ease with themselves, but not outgoing.

Metal: Creative and at ease with themselves, but not very outgoing or hard-working.

Reggae: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, kind, generous and at ease with themselves, but not very hard-working.

Country: Hard-working and outgoing.

Dance: Creative and outgoing, but not kind or generous.

IDIOMS

Blow your own horn – If you blow your own horn, you boast about your achievements and abilities.

example: I hate to blow my own horn, but I am a really fantastic cook.

Change your tune – If someone changes their ideas or the way they talk about them, they change their tune.

example: They'll change their tune when they see that their advice is making people angry with them.

Music to my ears – If something someone says is music to your ears, it is exactly what you wanted to hear.

example: The news of his resignation was music to my ears.

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