In this English pronunciation lesson, I'm going to show you how to pronounce some difficult words. These words are often pronounced incorrectly and are common mistakes that many English students make. This is because the combination of sounds is difficult, or because there are silent letters and syllables.
To deal with silent letters in English, eSilence will surely help you a lot.
They are vegetable, comfortable, almond and salmon, et cetera (etc.), clothes, jewellery, architecture, enthusiastic, word and world, work and walk, photograph and photographer.
Let's fix these pronunciation mistakes together so that you can speak English more clearly and confidently!
'veg-e-ta-ble : e is silent
/ˈvɛdʒtəb(ə)l/
'veg-e-ta-ble : e is silent
/ˈvɛdʒtəb(ə)l/
'comf-or-ta-ble : [or] is silent
/ˈkʌmftəbl//
'com-for-ta-ble
/ˈkʌmfətəbl/
'comf-or-ta-ble : [or] is silent
/ˈkəmftərbəl/
'com-for-ta-ble
/ˈkəmfərdəb(ə)l/
'a-l-mond : l is silent
/ˈɑːmənd/
'a-l-mond : l is silent
/ˈɑːmənd/
'sa-l-mon : l is silent
/ˈsæmən/
'sa-l-mon : l is silent
/ˈsæmən/
ˌet 'ce-te-ra
/ˌet ˈsetərə/
ˌit 'ce-te-ra
/ˌɪt ˈsetərə/
ˌet 'ce-te-ra
/ˌet ˈsetərə/
ˌit 'ce-te-ra
/ˌɪt ˈsetərə/
clo-th-ez
/kləʊðz/
clo-th-es : [th] is silent.
/kləʊz/
clo-th-ez
/kləʊðz/
clo-th-es : [th] is silent.
/kləʊz/
'jew-ell-e-ry : e is silent
/ˈdʒuːəlri/
US English: jewelry
'jew-ell-e-ry : e is silent
/ˈdʒuːəlri/
US English: jewelry
'ar-chi-tec-ture : H is silent
/ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)/
'ar-chi-tec-ture : H is silent
/ˈɑːrkɪtektʃər/
ˌen-thu-si-'as-tic
/ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk/
ˌen-thu-si-'as-tic
/ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/
/wɜːd/
/wɜːrd/
/wɜːld/
/wɜːrld/
/wɜːk/
/wɜːk/
/wɔːk/
/wɔːk/
'pho-to-graph
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/
'pho-to-'graph-ic
/ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk/
pho-'to-gra-pher
/fəˈtɒɡrəfə(r)/
pho-'to-gra-phy
/fəˈtɒɡrəfi/
You can check the original video below.