hey guys I’m Emma from English and
welcome to another video lesson this is
actually part two of a video series
about silent letters in English words so
if you want to watch part one you can
watch it here or here I can’t remember
where I never remember where anyway or
the links in the description under this
video so you can find it there in part
one of the video we went through silent
letters that are in the first half of
the alphabet so from a to L so we’ve
still got half to go but luckily for you
the letter M is usually pronounced and
so you don’t have to worry about the
letter M n on the other hand you do have
to worry about now before I explain I
want to show you the difference between
m and n so that you can hear and you can
see the difference in my mouth when I’m
explaining because it can get a bit
confusing so M you’ll see that all of my
lips are touching all the way along like
in the word mum or or in English or Emma
the letter M my mouth is open actually
and it’s my tongue that’s doing the work
so my tongue is lifting to the roof of
my mouth behind my teeth and N so now
you can see the difference between m and
n it’s important because when I’m
explaining the silent letter n it
actually is silent when it’s next to M
confusing huh let’s look at some
examples
damn like dammit damn awesome autumn
hymn hymn a hymn is a song that you sing
in church hymn column column that’s it
the letter P can also be silent in words
like receipt psychology and psycho now
remember that P can also be silent or it
changes when it’s next to a hey CH and
together pH can often mean an F sound
like in the examples paragraph and
telephone now the 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
butter butter that are at the end of the
word is not pronounced now an S can also
be silent and I know that you’ve already
struggled with this one island island
debris debris and aisle the bride walked
down the aisle
so an S can be a little bit sneaky that
one now the letter T can also be a bit
sneaky and it can also be silent like in
these examples there’s quite a few
listen listen
Castle castle
balle balle soften soften gourmet
gourmet asthma asthma Christmas
Christmas whistle whistle cheeky little
T now the letter you can also be silent
and I bet you didn’t think of that
letter when we started talking about
silent letters in English but it’s quite
common have a look at all of these
examples of really common English words
words like guitar and guilty and tongue
and guard
colleague guess
it’s also not usually pronounced in
adverbs like beautifully wonderfully the
letter W is silent when it’s at the
start of a word before the letter R like
wrong and wrist wrist and right or wrote
it’s also not pronounced in these common
words who who ever whole to sword and
answer well that’s it for silent letters
and for the silent letter series if
you’ve got any questions or comments
just put them into the comment section
under this video so I can get back to
you check out my website if you want to
study with me and you’re interested in
online courses or jump over to my
facebook page and make sure that you
follow my page I do live lessons every
week thanks for watching and I’ll see
you again very soon bye for now
welcome to another video lesson this is
actually part two of a video series
about silent letters in English words so
if you want to watch part one you can
watch it here or here I can’t remember
where I never remember where anyway or
the links in the description under this
video so you can find it there in part
one of the video we went through silent
letters that are in the first half of
the alphabet so from a to L so we’ve
still got half to go but luckily for you
the letter M is usually pronounced and
so you don’t have to worry about the
letter M n on the other hand you do have
to worry about now before I explain I
want to show you the difference between
m and n so that you can hear and you can
see the difference in my mouth when I’m
explaining because it can get a bit
confusing so M you’ll see that all of my
lips are touching all the way along like
in the word mum or or in English or Emma
the letter M my mouth is open actually
and it’s my tongue that’s doing the work
so my tongue is lifting to the roof of
my mouth behind my teeth and N so now
you can see the difference between m and
n it’s important because when I’m
explaining the silent letter n it
actually is silent when it’s next to M
confusing huh let’s look at some
examples
damn like dammit damn awesome autumn
hymn hymn a hymn is a song that you sing
in church hymn column column that’s it
the letter P can also be silent in words
like receipt psychology and psycho now
remember that P can also be silent or it
changes when it’s next to a hey CH and
together pH can often mean an F sound
like in the examples paragraph and
telephone now the 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
butter butter that are at the end of the
word is not pronounced now an S can also
be silent and I know that you’ve already
struggled with this one island island
debris debris and aisle the bride walked
down the aisle
so an S can be a little bit sneaky that
one now the letter T can also be a bit
sneaky and it can also be silent like in
these examples there’s quite a few
listen listen
Castle castle
balle balle soften soften gourmet
gourmet asthma asthma Christmas
Christmas whistle whistle cheeky little
T now the letter you can also be silent
and I bet you didn’t think of that
letter when we started talking about
silent letters in English but it’s quite
common have a look at all of these
examples of really common English words
words like guitar and guilty and tongue
and guard
colleague guess
it’s also not usually pronounced in
adverbs like beautifully wonderfully the
letter W is silent when it’s at the
start of a word before the letter R like
wrong and wrist wrist and right or wrote
it’s also not pronounced in these common
words who who ever whole to sword and
answer well that’s it for silent letters
and for the silent letter series if
you’ve got any questions or comments
just put them into the comment section
under this video so I can get back to
you check out my website if you want to
study with me and you’re interested in
online courses or jump over to my
facebook page and make sure that you
follow my page I do live lessons every
week thanks for watching and I’ll see
you again very soon bye for now
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