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Common Words with Silent Letters You Might Mispronounce 🤫🔡 1️⃣ Knife 🔪 (Silent K) → Nife2️⃣ Half 🧮 (Silent L) → Haf3️⃣ Whistle 🎵 (Silent T) → Whis-le4️⃣ Autumn 🍁 (Silent N) → Aw-tum5️⃣ Psychic 🔮 (Silent P) → Sy-kik6️⃣ Scene 🎬 (Silent C) → Seen7️⃣ Coup ⚠️ (Silent P) → Koo8️⃣ Depot 🏢 (Silent

Using Idioms and Expressions in Everyday Conversations

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Using idioms and expressions in everyday English conversations can add color and depth to your language. However, it’s important to use them appropriately and in the right context. Here are some tips on how to effectively incorporate idioms and expressions into your conversations: • Understand the meaning: Before using an idiom and expression in everyday

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Phonemes in English

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There are 26 letters in English alphabet but we get 44 sounds from those 26 letters. These 44 sounds are known as phonemes in English. Those 44 sounds are called phonemes in IPA International Phonetic Alphabet. Phonemes play very important role in English pronunciation. What is Phoneme? Phoneme is the smallest unit of English speech

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Pronunciation Practice Passage

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Common Pronunciation Mistakes Learning English pronunciation is as important as English speaking. Correct English pronunciation helps you convey your message clearly to the receiver. Sometimes it becomes very difficult for non native speakers to pronounce correctly in English. That is the reason that most of the people pronounce very common words incorrectly. Here is passage

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3 Ways and Rules to pronounce ‘The’

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English pronunciation requires a lot of practice. It is because the words in English are not pronounced exactly the way they are written. Sometimes the words having the same spellings are pronounced differently. On the other hand the same word is also pronounced in different manner. This post is about that word only which is

Short Vowel Sounds

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Short vowel sounds are not pronounced in a longer way. A short vowel word is any word that doesn’t allow the vowel within it to generate that vowel’s long vowel sound. The words like pet, cat, pig, trick, milk, cup have short vowels. To identify a short vowel, we will have to listen to the

Syllable Structure in English

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Syllable Syllable is another important concept of English pronunciation. Syllables are the building blocks of a word. Unless we understand syllables, we will continue to make mistakes in pronunciation. To know about a syllable in detail, click here.Understanding syllables helps a lot with pronunciation. They improve reading and speaking skills also. When we say a word, the sounds

Common Mispronounced words with almost similar spellings

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In this post, I’ll discuss about very common mispronounced words with almost same spellings. You will know about how a small difference in the spelling changes the pronunciation and meaning of the word. These words, about which I have discussed below, create a lot of confusion therefore, people misunderstand their meaning by mispronouncing them. Cloth

Letter Y- A Vowel or Consonant

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English alphabet has 26 letters and these 26 letters represent 44 speech sounds which are phonemes in IPA. Like letter b has /b/ sound, letter k has /k/ sound, letter p has /p/ sound, letter c has /s/ sound /k/ sound and so on. Click here to read about letters and sounds. Wait a minute!

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Intonation in English

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What is intonation in English? Intonation in English plays very important role for correct English pronunciation.We can’t speak in a flat tone always. There is a rise and fall in our voice tone when we speak that creates a variation in our pitch.Intonation is variation in spoken pitch which indicates the attitudes and emotions of the

Word Stress Rules Part-2

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Word Stress Hello Everyone! This post is about word stress in English part-2. Word Stress means pronouncing one syllable of a multisyllabic word with more prominence or greater emphasis than the other syllables in the word. One syllable receives more emphasis than the others.As I have already discussed about

Word Stress in English Part-1

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What is Word Stress? Word Stress means pronouncing one syllable of a multisyllabic word with more prominence or greater emphasis than the other syllables in the word. As it is very clear by its name, we give stress on particular syllable in a word that is word stress in English. One syllable receives more emphasis

Syllables and Phonemes in English

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Definition of Syllable A syllable is a single unbroken sound of a spoken or written word.It is one unit of sound in English. Syllables join consonants and vowels to form words. Sometimes syllables are referred to as the ‘beats’ of spoken language. What is a Syllable? A syllable is a unit of pronunciation having one

Silent Letters in English

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Silent Letters in English Silent letters in English are the letters which are not pronounced sometimes in some words.The letter which is silent in some words, is not necessary will always be silent in all the words. Therefore, silent letters create a kind of confusion about their pronunciation.They are written in the words but they

30 Common Mispronounced Words in English

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Very Common Mispronounced Words in English English plays a very important role in our day to day life. It creates a good impression on others, if a person speaks fluently in English…but it can create a bad impression on others, if a person mispronounces English words , speacially when the words are very

24 Consonant Sounds and Symbols

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In this post, I’ll talk about 24 consonant speech sounds and their symbols with various examples. This post is the next part of blog post series to “Learn correct English Pronunciation”. To learn correct English Pronunciation, you should know about phonetic transcription. Click here to read. I have already explained about phonetic transcription, English speech sounds

Diphthongs- Impure Vowels

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Hello everyone! In my previous post, I explained you about 12 Monophthongs or pure vowels out of 20 vowels. To know about Monophthongs, you can click here. In this post, I will explain about 8 Diphthong sounds. Diphthongs A diphthong is a sound made by combining two vowels specifically when it starts as one vowel sound and

English Speech Sounds -12 Pure Vowels and their Symbols