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do not pronounce these letters at the ends of words in english we all know
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that english is so annoying the way a word is written
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and the way a word is pronounced can be two very different things
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that is why i've created this lesson to make life easier
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for you today we're focusing on silent letters at the end
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of words i am going to teach you the rules so
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that you can identify silent letters
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and pronounce words more clearly remember i'm teaching my pronunciation of
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these words i speak english with a modern received pronunciation accent and
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Let's begin with the letter B, the silent B.
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Do any come to mind?
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Well, they all end with MB.
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Words like, and repeat after me, bomb, comb, and climb.
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We don't say bomb, comb, or climb.
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The letter B is completely silent, so each of these words ends with a m sound.
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Bomb, comb, climb.
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Here are some more examples.
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We have tomb with the long oo sound.
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Womb, again with the long oo.
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Lamb with the short a vowel sound.
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And And limb with the short i sound.
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We also have a few words with the uh vowel sound, as in up.
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For example, and repeat after me,
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crumb, numb, thumb, dumb, and succumb.
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Notice the stress on the second syllable there, succumb.
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And finally, one more actually, plumb.
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Now, plumb is a word that I hear mispronounced all the time.
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What do we call a person who fixes water pipes?
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A person who plums, right?
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A plumber.
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Plumber.
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The B stays silent, even when we add the letters ER.
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So it's plumber, not plumber.
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In fact, the letter B usually stays silent if we add a suffix to these words.
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For example, bomb, bomber.
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Climb, climbing.
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We do have to be careful though because sometimes the B sound does come back when we add a suffix.
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For example, crumb, crumble, crumbling, and bomb, bombardment.
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Oh, and I have one last silent B word for you.
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Now, I know the letter B isn't strictly at the end, but students make mistakes with this all the time.
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It's this word.
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Doubt.
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Never pronounce the B here.
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Doubt, not doubted which is hard to say.
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It's much easier to say without the b.
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Doubt.
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Let's move on to the silent e at the end of words.
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What do all of these words have in common?
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Well, the e that appears at the end of these words isn't exactly silent.
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It's magic.
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Yeah, this e can have magical powers we do genuinely call it the magic E.
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It changes the vowel sound before it, so it's pronounced like the letter of the alphabet,
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as in A, E, I, O, and U.
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Notice how the vowel sound changes is when we add an E to these words.
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Tap, tape, hid, hide, rob, robe, cub,
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cube.
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Now, the magic E doesn't always work, but treat it as a guide.
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It can help you figure out the pronunciation of many words that end with E.
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Now, the E has no magical powers with these next words.
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Never pronounce the E at the end of VE words like have, love, and give.
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ME words normally have a silent E too.
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For example, welcome and handsome.
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Now notice the silent D in the middle there, handsome, not hand -some.
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Be careful with these exceptions though.
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Epitome and gimme, the informal contraction of give me, both end in E.
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There's also this word that causes a lot of confusion.
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What do we call the instructions you use to help you cook something?
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It's a recipe, not receipt or recite.
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Another exception is the word anime, which ends with the A diphthong.
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Next, we have the silent H at the end of words.
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In In English, the H sound can't come at the end of a word.
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The letters A -H are usually just pronounced as a schwa.
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Like in the names Sarah, Hannah, Noah and Mika.
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The H is silent.
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We can also see this A -H combination at the end of words like hurrah and cheetah.
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You'll also see quite a few words ending in the letters C, H.
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Here, the H isn't technically silent.
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Instead, it combines with the letter C to make a k sound,
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like in stomach, patriarch, and monarch.
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Interestingly, all of these words have come to English via Latin from Greek.
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Next, we have the silent N.
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Never pronounce the letter N at the end of words like dam,
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hymn, solemn, condemn, autumn, and column.
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These words all end in the letters MN but just finish with a mm sound.
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And remember, be careful when adding a suffix to these words because sometimes the silent N reappears.
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For example, autumn, autumnal.
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Column, columnist.
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Although a lot of people prefer to just say columnist.
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It's technically columnist, but columnist is very common.
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Use whichever works best for you.
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There's only one word that ends with a silent P and it's a word with French origins.
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Coup.
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Coup.
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It's also silent in the phrase coup d 'etat.
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Notice the silent T at the end there too.
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More on silent T's soon.
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Let's practice the silent H, N and P words now.
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Shadow me or listen, pause and repeat after me.
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Sarah wrote a solemn column this autumn, condemning the Patriarch's coup d 'etat.
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Did you notice the silent T at the end of coup d 'etat?
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More on that soon.
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Now for the silent R at the end of words.
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Well, in my modern received pronunciation accent, all R's are silent at the end of words like in guitar tower
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and armor i only pronounce the letter r before a vowel sound
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i've made a whole video on this i've put a link in the description check it out
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if you're still not sure about the silent r next up
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is the silent s at the end of words we have a few words from French that end in a silent S.
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We have a few nouns like debris or daybri, corps, faux pas, and rendezvous.
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Take care with these nouns.
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Even though debris ends with a silent S, it's an uncountable noun.
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Corps, faux pas, and rendezvous are all countable, but don't change their spelling in the plural.
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But we do pronounce the S when they're plural, and each plural is pronounced with the voiced zz sound,
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cause, faux pas, and rendezvous.
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We've also got the preposition vis -a -vis, meaning in relation to, and the US states Illinois and Arkansas.
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Never pronounce the S at the end of these words.
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Let's look at some silent T words now.
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Continuing with the French theme,
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never pronounce the letter T at the end of these words ballet gourmet buffet i hear these words pronounced ballot
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and buffet all the time but the t is silent
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so the word ends in the a vowel sound ballet gourmet
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buffet some people do choose to pronounce the t in buffet
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buffet uh it's not very common you will find it in some dictionaries Some more A words are crochet and chalet.
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And then we also have depot and rapport.
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Time to practise the silent R, S and T at the end of words.
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Shadow me or repeat after me.
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The ballet dancer from Arkansas made a faux pas when he forgot to prepare gourmet sandwiches for the buffet.
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We don't really have any silent U words, but we do have a lot of words ending in a silent UE.
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Words like league and colleague,
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rogue and vague, also catalogue and dialogue.
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In these words, the letters G and U combine to make a G sound.
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The letters UE are silent, so they all end with a G sound.
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In fact, catalogue and dialogue both end with the letter G in North American spelling, just like this.
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We also have tongue that ends with the NG sound, tongue.
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we have a couple of words with a silent x at
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the end shoe yes it sounds like a shoe you put on your foot
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but this is a kind of pastry faux as in fake
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and faux pas and you guessed it they are french
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and finally just one silent zed word shay shay this is
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another french word we use in english meaning at the house of.
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Let's practice those silent letters now.
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Shadow me or repeat after me.
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She thanked her colleague for the shoe pastry with a faux smile.
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Right, my lovely students, that brings us to the end of today's pronunciation lesson.
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Were there any silent letters here that surprised you?
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Let me know in the comments.
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I will see you soon for another lesson.

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silent aggettivo/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/silenzioso
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litter sostantivo/ˈlɪt.ɚ/lettiera
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climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/arrampicare, scalare
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column sostantivo/ˈkɒləm/colonna
autumn sostantivo/ˈɔtəm/autunno
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ballet sostantivo/bælˈeɪ/balletto
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