Hey guys! This is Sudipta from Speaklish and welcome to another video lesson.
This is actually part 3 of a video series about Silent Letters and English Words.
So if you want to watch Part 1 and Part 2, you can watch them from the links in the description.
Ok! Let's start with our class today.
The letter K. I know you know this one. A
K is not pronounced when it comes before an N
like: Knife
Know
Knee
Knock
Knot
Knowledge
The letter L. 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.
Look at these examples:
Could
Should
Talk
Walk
Yolk
Half, Calf
Salmon
The letter M
The letter M is usually pronounced, and you don't have to worry about the letter M.
N , on the other hand , you do have to worry about!
Before I explain, I want to show you the difference between M and
N
So that you can hear and you can check the difference in your mouth when you are trying to pronounce M
and N. So
Emmmmm...
Emmmmm...
You can notice that all of your lips are touching, all the way along, like in the word Mum.
When you pronounce the letter N, your mouth is open
actually, and it's your tongue that's doing the work. So your tongue is lifting to the roof of your mouth
behind your teeth
Ennn...
So now you can see the difference between M and
N. It's
important because I'm explaining the silent letter N.
It actually is silent when it's next to M
Confusing, huh! Let's look at the examples:
Damn
like in 'damn it'
Autumn Hymn
Column
Perfect! The letter P. The letter P can also be silent in words like Receipt
Psychology Psycho
Now remember that P can also be silent, or it changes when it's next to an H and
together
PH can often mean a
/f/ sound
like in the examples:
Paragraph
Elephant Telephone
Letter R
Letter R is not silent in American English
But it can be in British English and also Australian English, if you think about words like
Father
Mother
Father Mother
Butter
The R at the end of these words are not pronounced.
So that's it for the third part of Silent Letters in English.
We'll meet again in our fourth lesson soon.
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