Yes, the correct pronunciation of herd is 'erd.
No, the word "when" does not have a silent "h." The "h" sound is pronounced when saying the word.
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.
No, the 'c' in "watching" is not silent. The 'h' changes the sound of the 'c', but it is not silent.
There are many silent h words such as herb. Other silent h words include honor, honest, hour, rhyme, and thyme.
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.
The silent letter in the word "ghastly" is the letter "h." In this word, the "gh" combination is pronounced as the "g" sound, so the "h" is silent. The "gh" digraph is a common spelling pattern in English where the "h" is silent and the preceding consonant is pronounced differently.
Still sounds like a w, the h is silent
In the word "bought," the letters "g" and "h" are silent. The "gh" together makes the "f" sound.
Yes, the "h" in "hermosa" is silent. In Spanish, the letter "h" is generally not pronounced, making the word sound like "er-mosa." This applies to other words starting with "h" in Spanish as well.
The H is silent, and "hola" therefore should be pronounced oh-la.
"Nimh" is pronounced "nim", with a short "i" sound followed by a soft "m" sound.