Like an ‘s’, as in “send”, “simple”, “song”, “system”, “street”, “lost”, “kiss” and “release”.The letter ‘s’ can be also be pronounced in two different ways: Our tip: Normally when ‘c’ is followed by an ‘i’ or ‘e’, it takes the ‘s’ sound. Like a ‘k’, as in “cake”, “come”, “cucumber”, “clean”, “cry”, “scratch”, “act” and “panic”.Like a ‘s’, as in “centre”, “receive”, “cigarette”, “cinema”, “agency” and “notice”.The letter ‘c’ can be pronounced two distinct ways: Consonants with different sounds, such as ‘c’ and ‘z’ Our tip: Practise placing your tongue behind your teeth and blow air out as you say the word. The h is silent, as in “Thai” and “Thames”.It sounds voiceless, as in “three”, “thing” and “thought”.It vibrates slightly, as in “the”, “this”, “that, “they” and “them”.There are some slight variations in the way it can sound: Many languages don’t have this sound, so don’t be put off if you can’t get it straight away. The ‘th’ is certainly one of the hardest consonant sounds in the English alphabet to master.
Our tip: It is pronounced as a ‘g’ at the beginning of words (like "ghost"), and it is either silent or pronounced as ‘f’ at the end of words and syllables. It can become silent in words such as "thought", "night" and "bought".It sounds like a ‘w’ sound in words such as "though", "through" and "dough".
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The 5 most common pronunciation mistakes that English learners make – and how you can avoid themįrom beginner through to advanced, when you’re learning how to speak English there are going to be some words that stump English learners, and still stump native speakers, too (we’re looking at you, “Edinburgh” and “Worcestershire”).
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