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Letters X to Z sounds

so at the beginning of words x usually makes a z sound x y y sounds like the question word why yellow starts with a y and say ends with a y y makes the e sound or the e sound y...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: English alphabet and soundsSubtitles: en

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xylophone

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so at the beginning of words

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x usually makes a z sound

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x

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y

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y sounds like the question word

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why

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yellow starts with a y

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and say

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ends with a y

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y makes the e sound or the e

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sound

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y

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z

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zebra starts with the letter z

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in american english we say z

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to rhyme with our alphabet song

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but in british english you say zed

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z

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now i'm going to spell three words for

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you

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and you can write them down to see if

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you understand

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i will spell each word

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two times

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here we go

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word number one

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l

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a

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z

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y

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again

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