Silent g (sign, design)
Sign
Say: SINE. A board or mark that gives information.
The sign at the station showed the way to Platform 3.
Design
Say: di-ZINE. A plan or pattern for making something.
Fatima drew a rangoli design on graph paper.
Foreign
Say: FORR-in, short o as in hot. From another country.
Vikram is learning a foreign language this year.
Remember: In gn the g is often silent: sign, design, foreign, gnat. But listen: in signature and signal, the g comes back!