8 Silent Letter RULES… with (almost) NO EXCEPTIONS!

Silent letters are confusing, annoying, and make life difficult for people learning English. And so the big question is: “How do I know when a letter is silent???“ In this video, you will learn 8 British English Pronunciation “RULES“ that will help you know when letters are silent in English. 👓 Watch with subtitles 👓 * * * * * 💫 [LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO...] 💫 1. Join my complete, British English Pronunciation course here, and use code YOUTUBEPQF for a 10% discount: 2. Learn Basic Phonetics (I make it really simple for you in this video): 3. Quiz: Which -age sounds different to the rest: a) Average b) Marriage c) Massage d) Village The answer is at the beginning of this video: 4. ⭐️ Get the FREE WORKSHEET 📖 ► Download here » (BONUS: When you download this, you’ll also get access to my free book, “English Quick Fix“, and also ALL past future worksheets that I publish!!!) * * * * * ► CHAPTERS: 00:00 Silent GH rule in English words 01:04 Silent B rule in words ending BT 2:27 Silent B rule in words ending MB 3:36 How to pronounce ED in the past tense 4:37 Silent G in GN words in English 5:16 Silent K rule in English words 5:35 Silent L rule in English 6:37 Silent U rule in English 7:21 British English pronunciation quiz * * * * * ► TRANSCRIPTION You know what this is, right? It’s a door. You can say door. So why do you do something strange with this word: daughter? The GH is completely silent. It’s basically the word door and the sound /t/ daughter. I mean, didn’t you know that when we have a vowel sound in English followed by GH, the GH is silent unless it uses the /f/ sound, like cough and rough. Yes, in all other situations, the GH is silent. Like, daughter, caught, thought, bought, taught, high, night, thigh, through, thorough. Did you hear me pronounce the GH in any of those words? It’s a great pronunciation rule that I want you to learn. And I’ve got so many more silent letter rules for you inside this lesson. So let’s go! OK, this is a British English pronunciation lesson, by the way. And something I hear quite a lot is students saying, hey, Greg, I have a doubt, doubt, doubt, doubt. Well, did you know that when we have the BT combination of letters, especially at the end of words, the B is silent? And did you also know you should say I have a question instead of I have a doubt. But anyway, look at these examples: doubt, debt, and subtle. Now, this doesn’t work when we’re using -sub as a prefix meaning below, like subtitle or subterrain. But generally, this rule works well. Now, yes, I’m going to include the phonetic transcription of the words in this lesson. If you’re not familiar with the sounds, with the symbols of these transcriptions, please take the time to learn them. It will really, really benefit you when you’re learning pronunciation, OK? It changed my life when I learned them when I was learning French. And I make it really, really simple for you in that video up there. So I’ll put a link in the description. Please watch that video. It will absolutely benefit you when you’re learning pronunciation. OK, let’s have a look at the next rule. Here’s another rule for the silent B. And this is for words that end MB. In this situation, we do not pronounce the letter B. Dumb, thumb, lamb, climb, bomb, tomb. Again. Do you hear? Do you see? There’s no B in the transcription. And you do not hear any B at the end of that word. So don’t pronounce it just because we write it. It will not help us understand you. It will do the opposite. OK? If I asked you if you want a teab, you’d probably say, what a teab? Yeah, I don’t pronounce a B at the end of T, so don’t pronounce a B at the end of thumb because it doesn’t exist in spoken English. [... Due to character limit, the rest of this transcription is unavailable] * * * * * ► Thanks, as always, for your LIKES, COMMENTS and SHARES!! 🙏 🔴 SUBSCRIBE to if you want to learn British English pronunciation to speak clearly and understand native speakers easily. Your British English Teacher, ~ Greg 😀 #EnglishWithGreg #LearnEnglish #EnglishPronunciation #BritishEnglish #B2 #C1 #ESL