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Silent letters in words

write like I'm writing a book write well that brings us to our next Point silent letters in English we also have silent letters which makes pronunciation very difficult for new...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Basic pronunciation practiceSubtitles: en

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about

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write like I'm writing a book write well

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that brings us to our next Point silent

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letters in English we also have silent

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letters which makes pronunciation very

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difficult for new English speakers but

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I'm here to give you some hints on when

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you see them and how to pronounce them

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or not let's look at write write I write

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in my book I write you write he writes

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she

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writes the W in right is silent so it's

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just that R sound we just learned

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another one is knock

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knock did you hear someone knocking

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on the door knock it is not KN knock no

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almost always K N is a silent k knock

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knee etc for example ouch I hurt my knee

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