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  • Oh my gosh guys! How annoying are silent

  • letters in English words? What are they

  • even doing there?!

  • This video is all about English words

  • with silent letters in them. When do you

  • pronounce those letters and when don't

  • you pronounce those letters? I'm going to

  • teach you a few simple rules to help you

  • pronounce English words correctly.

  • Don't forget to turn on the subtitles

  • either. The button is just down there, so

  • you can follow along. There are a lot of

  • English words that have silent letters

  • in them. And there are lots of silent

  • letters in English! About sixty percent

  • of all English words have a silent

  • letter! No wonder pronunciation is so

  • frustrating, right? And they can be silent

  • these letters, but they're not always

  • silent! So you have to be careful!

  • You need to know a few basic rules to

  • help with the pronunciation of silent

  • letters in English words.

  • Okay, let's start at the top with the

  • letter A. Now the letter A can be silent

  • especially in words that end in '-ally'.

  • Like these:

  • So, I'm not pronouncing:

  • Cut the A out. Get rid of it!

  • Now there's a rule

  • to remember with the letter B. It's

  • always silent when it follows the letter M

  • So, practice them with me. I'm not

  • pronouncing the B, I'm just pronouncing

  • the M consonant sound.

  • And the letter B is

  • often silent when it before the

  • consonant T, so think of these examples:

  • So, see in all of

  • those examples, my lips are closing and

  • coming together to form the B sound,

  • I'm just pronouncing the T.

  • Now, the letter C can cause a

  • few problems because it's often silent

  • after the letter S, like in

  • these very common examples - they are quite tricky!

  • So that's the silent C.

  • So what about the letter D? Yep, it can be

  • silent too!

  • So, I'm not pronouncing the D in 'sandwich'

  • I'm just pronouncing the consonant N

  • sound before it. Try it with me one more time.

  • And a D can be very quiet, not quite silent, but

  • very quiet in front of a G, like in these

  • examples:

  • So in these examples the D and the G

  • combined together produce the 'dg'

  • consonant sound 'dg'

  • Okay, so the letter E can often be silent

  • at the end of a word. I'm pretty sure

  • you know this one already, like these

  • examples:

  • But that E on the end, although it might be silent,

  • it can affect the pronunciation of the

  • vowel sound before it.

  • Let's look at these examples:

  • So see how the E at the end, although it's not

  • pronounced, is affecting the vowel sound

  • before it. It makes it longer. So hid /i/

  • becomes hide /i:/

  • But if the E is the final letter in

  • the word but it's the only vowel sound

  • then it needs to be pronounced, like in

  • these examples

  • E can also be silent at the end of past tense regular

  • verbs, which all end in ED, right?

  • But they're not always pronounced like it is

  • in 'wanted'. So, you can hear the ED sound

  • there '-ed', '-ed'. It's its own syllable.

  • But a lot of the time that E isn't pronounced

  • Now they could be a little bit tricky, so

  • let's do it again!

  • Okay, so a G can also be silent too! Think

  • about the word sign, champagne, design, or

  • foreign. All of these examples have a

  • silent G. And the combination GH can also

  • be silent when it comes after a vowel sound

  • Now, the letter H

  • is often silent too, often when it's

  • following a W, like in the examples

  • And sometimes it's not pronounced at the

  • start of a word like honest and hour.

  • And sometimes the H is not pronounced

  • when it follows any of these three

  • letters: C, G or R.

  • Now, most of the time

  • CH is pronounced 'ch' but on small occasions

  • or rare occasions

  • it's not pronounce, the H is silent.

  • Good news!

  • The I is not usually silent, it's usually

  • pronounced. Except in the word business!

  • Okay, K! Now I know you know this one!

  • A K is not pronounced when it comes before an N.

  • The letter L can be silent too and it's

  • quite common when you look at this list.

  • But consider this rule to be a bit of a

  • cheat because the letter L is quite

  • difficult to pronounce in all of these

  • words, even for a native speaker!

  • So, this makes it easier! In these

  • words where /l/ is really difficult to

  • pronounce then it's silent! Ready? Let's try it.

  • So, we got through quite a bit but

  • we're only halfway through! So, if you

  • want to keep watching and keep

  • practicing with silent letters in

  • English then click the link in the

  • description box and go to part 2 of this video.

  • Guys, I love making these videos

  • for you and I love hearing from you as

  • well, so if you want to say hi

  • come over to my facebook page at

  • mmmEnglish and say hello, ask question,

  • introduce yourself!

  • I'd love to hear from you there. Make sure

  • you check out part 2 - the links down

  • there! See you soon!

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