Fine-Tune Your Pronunciation - 25 Advanced Words with Silent Letters

ABOUT THE LESSON 📚
Many words in English contain silent letters. And in this lesson, I want to teach you the pronunciation of 25 advanced words that all of silent letters. These silent letters may be found at the beginning, middle, or end of these words. So I will:

1) Say that word. (You can repeat to practice your pronunciation.)
2) Show you both the IPA and phonetic spelling so that you can see the pronunciation.
3) Give you the meaning of the words in case you would like to build your vocabulary.

In case you'd like to review, here are the words from the lesson.

Silent W at beginning

1) wrangle [ rang-guhl ] / ˈræŋ gəl /

2) wrench [ rench ] / rɛntʃ /

3) wretched [ rech-id ] / ˈrɛtʃ ɪd /

Silent K at beginning

4) knuckle [ nuhk-uhl ] / ˈnʌk əl /
5) knead [ need ] / nid /
6) knot [ not ] / nɒt /

Silent P at beginning

7) pneumonia [ noo-mohn-yuh ] / nʊˈmoʊn yə /
8) pseudonym [ sood-uhn-im ] / ˈsudə n ɪm /

Silent C in the middle
9) crescent [ kres-uhnt ] / ˈkrɛs ənt /
10) fluorescent [ floo-res-uhnt ] / flʊˈrɛs ənt /
11) obscene [ uhb-seen ] / əbˈsin /
12) resuscitate [ ri-suhs-i-teyt ] / rɪˈsʌs ɪˌteɪt /

Silent T in the middle

13) mortgage [ mawr-gij ] / ˈmɔr gɪdʒ /
14) nestle [ nes-uhl ] / ˈnɛs əl /
15) hasten [ hey-suhn ] / ˈheɪ sən /

16) moisten [ moi-suhn ] / ˈmɔɪ sən /

Silent B at the end

17) catacomb [ kat-uh-kohm ] / ˈkæt əˌkoʊm /
18) rumb [ kruhm ] / krʌm /
19) limb [ lim ] / lɪm /
20) womb [ woom ] / wum /

Silent T at the end

21) debut [ dey-byoo ] / deɪˈbyu /
22) gourmet [ goor-mey ] / gʊərˈmeɪ /
23) rapport [ ra-pawr ] / ræˈpɔr /
24) ricochet [ rik-uh-shey ] / ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ /


Silent Z in the middle

25) rendezvous [ rahn-duh-voo ] / ˈrɑn dəˌvu, -deɪ /
Lesson Chapters
0:00 Why this lesson will help
1:05 Silent W at the beginning of words
1:56 Silent K at the beginning of words
2:44 Silent P at the beginning of words
3:17 Silent C in the middle of words
4:35 Silent T in the middle of words
5:38 Silent B at the end of words
6:43 Silent T at the end of words
7:39 Silent Z in the middle of a word

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