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 60% 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 a ll Y
like these romantically musically
logically so I’m not pronouncing
romantically musically and logically cut
the a out get rid of it
romantically musically logically now
there’s a rule to remember with the
letter B it’s always silent when it
follows the letter M climb
Krum
lamb thumb dumb and plumber so practice
them with me I’m not pronouncing the B
I’m just pronouncing the M consonant
sound climb Krum lamb thumb dumb plumber
and the letter B is often silent when it
before the consonant T so think of these
examples subtle debt and doubt so C in
all of those examples my lips aren’t
closing and coming together to form the
B sound
I’m just pronouncing the T subtle debt
and doubt 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’re quite tricky muscle muscle
scissors fascinate scene scenario muscle
scissors
fascinate seem scenario so that’s the
silent sea so what about the letter D
yep
it can be silent – Wednesday handsome
sandwich 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
Wednesday handsome sandwich and a D can
be very quiet
not quite silent but very quiet in front
of a G like in these examples edge
knowledge bridge hedge so in these
examples the D and the G combined
together produce the G consonant sound G
edge knowledge
Brij hedge 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 clue bake taste clue
bake taste 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 hop hope sit site head hide
slid slide 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 it 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 he she we it can also be silent
at the end of past tense regular verbs
which all end in E D right but they’re
not always pronounced like it is in
wanted so you can hear the IDI sound
there it ad want Ted it’s it’s own
syllable but a lot of the time that e
isn’t pronounced looked
asked played baked rapped now they could
be a little bit tricky so let’s do it
again looked asked played baked wrapped
okay so aji can also be silent to think
about the words sign champagne design or
foreign all of these examples are the
silent G and the combination gh can also
be silent when it comes after a vowel
sound though hi-lite daughter right now
the letter H is often silent too often
when it’s following a w like in the
examples what when why and whistle and
sometimes it’s not pronounced at the
start of a word like honest and our and
sometimes the H is not pronounced when
it follows any of these three letters C
G or are now most of the time CH is
pronounced but on small occasions or
rare occasions it’s not pronounced the H
is silent
so it’s choir choir
echo echo with a g-ghost ghost and with
an R rhythm or rhyme good news that I is
not usually silent it’s usually
pronounced except in the word business
okay okay now I know you know this one
a K is not pronounced when it comes
before an N like knife no knee knock not
knowledge
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 called
yoke so this makes it easier in these
words where L is really difficult to
pronounce
then it’s silent ready let’s try it
could could should should
talk
walk yoke half-caf salmon not Selman
salmon 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 English and say
hello ask a question introduce yourself
I’d love to hear from you then make sure
you check out part 2 the links down
there see you soon
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 60% 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 a ll Y
like these romantically musically
logically so I’m not pronouncing
romantically musically and logically cut
the a out get rid of it
romantically musically logically now
there’s a rule to remember with the
letter B it’s always silent when it
follows the letter M climb
Krum
lamb thumb dumb and plumber so practice
them with me I’m not pronouncing the B
I’m just pronouncing the M consonant
sound climb Krum lamb thumb dumb plumber
and the letter B is often silent when it
before the consonant T so think of these
examples subtle debt and doubt so C in
all of those examples my lips aren’t
closing and coming together to form the
B sound
I’m just pronouncing the T subtle debt
and doubt 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’re quite tricky muscle muscle
scissors fascinate scene scenario muscle
scissors
fascinate seem scenario so that’s the
silent sea so what about the letter D
yep
it can be silent – Wednesday handsome
sandwich 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
Wednesday handsome sandwich and a D can
be very quiet
not quite silent but very quiet in front
of a G like in these examples edge
knowledge bridge hedge so in these
examples the D and the G combined
together produce the G consonant sound G
edge knowledge
Brij hedge 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 clue bake taste clue
bake taste 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 hop hope sit site head hide
slid slide 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 it 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 he she we it can also be silent
at the end of past tense regular verbs
which all end in E D right but they’re
not always pronounced like it is in
wanted so you can hear the IDI sound
there it ad want Ted it’s it’s own
syllable but a lot of the time that e
isn’t pronounced looked
asked played baked rapped now they could
be a little bit tricky so let’s do it
again looked asked played baked wrapped
okay so aji can also be silent to think
about the words sign champagne design or
foreign all of these examples are the
silent G and the combination gh can also
be silent when it comes after a vowel
sound though hi-lite daughter right now
the letter H is often silent too often
when it’s following a w like in the
examples what when why and whistle and
sometimes it’s not pronounced at the
start of a word like honest and our and
sometimes the H is not pronounced when
it follows any of these three letters C
G or are now most of the time CH is
pronounced but on small occasions or
rare occasions it’s not pronounced the H
is silent
so it’s choir choir
echo echo with a g-ghost ghost and with
an R rhythm or rhyme good news that I is
not usually silent it’s usually
pronounced except in the word business
okay okay now I know you know this one
a K is not pronounced when it comes
before an N like knife no knee knock not
knowledge
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 called
yoke so this makes it easier in these
words where L is really difficult to
pronounce
then it’s silent ready let’s try it
could could should should
talk
walk yoke half-caf salmon not Selman
salmon 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 English and say
hello ask a question introduce yourself
I’d love to hear from you then make sure
you check out part 2 the links down
there see you soon
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