pronunciation Archives - Simple English Videos https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/tag/pronunciation/ Get fluent, have fun Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:09:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FAV-32.jpg pronunciation Archives - Simple English Videos https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/tag/pronunciation/ 32 32 223788601 The voiced “TH” sound in English – Rap https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/the-voiced-th-sound-in-english-rap/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/the-voiced-th-sound-in-english-rap/#comments Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:09:38 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=12996 One of the most difficult English sounds for non-native speakers is “TH.” There is a voiced and unvoiced TH sound. Voiced as in words like “The,” “These,” “other,’ and many more, is the subject of this video with a rap from our friend Fluency MC. Tom and Fluency teamed up to create this learning gem, […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/pro-tips-for-pronouncing-the-letter-e-in-english/feed/ 0 12889 Devise Vs. Device https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/elementor-12735/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/elementor-12735/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:22:11 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=12735 Devise Vs. Device – They sound similar. Learn when and how to use each! In this video we look at two confusing words ‘devise’ vs. ‘device’. Many English students find it difficult to use these two similar words because they have distinct uses. We explain how to use these words correctly using a funny story […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/elementor-12735/feed/ 0 12735 ADVISE or ADVICE? What’s the difference? https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/advise-or-advice-whats-the-difference/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/advise-or-advice-whats-the-difference/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:34:20 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=12716 https://youtu.be/-wO9W-pJtFQ Advise vs. advice. Two almost identical words with different meanings. Learn how to use these words correctly by watching this funny story with lots of advise and advice examples.     After the story Jay and Tom teach you everything you need to know about using advise and advice in a sentence. This video will […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/advise-or-advice-whats-the-difference/feed/ 0 12716 The English TH sound – fixing mistakes https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/the-english-th-sound-fixing-mistakes/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/the-english-th-sound-fixing-mistakes/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:04:41 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=11186 Our video on the English TH sound is here at last! In this lesson you’ll: learn how to pronounce the tricky TH sounds (Yes, there are two of them!) see how we move our mouth and tongue watch examples of common mistakes, so you can avoid them learn which mistakes matter and which don’t The […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/the-english-th-sound-fixing-mistakes/feed/ 0 11186 Words that are hard to say in American and British English https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/words-that-are-hard-to-say-in-american-and-british-english/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/words-that-are-hard-to-say-in-american-and-british-english/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:46:30 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=11100 We’re looking at 9 words that are hard to say in British and American English. • epitome • vitamin • pharaoh • logically • twelfth • literally • Connecticut • phlegm • guarantee We talk about: • silent letters • the tricky English th sound • syllable and word stress • British and American differences […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/words-that-are-hard-to-say-in-american-and-british-english/feed/ 0 11100 9 English words that are hard to say in British and American English https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/9-english-words-that-are-hard-to-say-in-british-and-american-english/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/9-english-words-that-are-hard-to-say-in-british-and-american-english/#comments Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:49:35 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=11070 Does it drive you crazy that English words are pronounced differently from the way they’re spelt? Don’t worry, we can help. We’re looking at more words that English learners find tricky to pronounce and comparing how we say them in British and American English. In this video we look at how we pronounce: • jostle […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/9-english-words-that-are-hard-to-say-in-british-and-american-english/feed/ 3 11070 Hard words to pronounce in British and American English https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/hard-words-to-pronounce-in-british-and-american-english/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/hard-words-to-pronounce-in-british-and-american-english/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:08:51 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=11048 We’re looking at more words that English learners find tricky to pronounce and comparing how we say them in British and American English. In this video we look at how we pronounce these tricky words in English: • colonel • youths • gauge (and gouge) • oesophagus • debut • rural • disease • anemone […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/hard-words-to-pronounce-in-british-and-american-english/feed/ 0 11048 Difficult words to say in British and American English https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/difficult-words-to-say-in-british-and-american-english/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/difficult-words-to-say-in-british-and-american-english/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:38:16 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=11019 We’re looking at more words that English learners find tricky to pronounce and comparing how we say them in British and American English. We’ll show you how we pronounce: • island • squirrel • priority • Leicester • schedule • vulnerable • width • peculiarly And along the way we talk about silent letters in […]

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]]> https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/difficult-words-to-say-in-british-and-american-english/feed/ 1 11019 2 tricky vowel sounds in British and American English – AH and UH https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/vowel-sounds-ah-uh/ https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/vowel-sounds-ah-uh/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:39:23 +0000 https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/?p=10814 We made a video a while ago on how we say can and can’t in British and American English. You can see it here. It was very popular but many of you wrote saying you were worried about saying the right the vowel sound in the word can’t. If you get it wrong you could […]

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