Yes, the correct pronunciation of herd is 'erd.
No, the 'c' in "watching" is not silent. The 'h' changes the sound of the 'c', but it is not silent.
The word "shark" obviously have no silent letters. There's a trick that the H might look like it's silent, but actually, the H is'nt silent because SH is a consonant digraph, which makes a deeper S sound. The single S makes a shallow S sound. The H in the consonant digraph is'nt really silent because the H is there to fuse together to make one new sound. If the H is'nt part of the consonant digraph, then the H is considered silent because the sound does'nt change, like for "rhino", the H is considered silent because RH is'nt a consonant digraph. Obviously, "shark" have no silent letters because SH is a consonant digraph.
Probably because it's not silent. If it was it would sound like the word Cost with A G instead of a C.
The H is silent in the word wharf. This is because the word wharf would still sound exactly the same whether it's spelled with the H or without the H.
Still sounds like a w, the h is silent
The H is silent, and "hola" therefore should be pronounced oh-la.
The article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. For example, "an hour" or "an honor." In the case of the word "H," the pronunciation determines whether the article "an" is used - for example, "an historic event" instead of "a historic event."
You would use an, because the word starts with a vowel sound.
In Spanish, H's are usually silent. For example, the word "hombre," is pronounced, "OHM-breh."
The letter u is silent in the word tongue. This is because the word tongue would sound exactly the same whether it is spelled with or without the letter u.
The g & h sound silent to me. Thought is almost pronounced thot. I guess we'll call it thout.
the ph in elephant make an "f" sound so its pronounced elefant