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How to Pronounce the Most Common Words in English
Hello, and welcome to the second video of this video series, "How to Pronounce the 100 Most Common Words in American English". In this video, I’ll teach you how to pronounce words 21-40, and we’re going to get right down to the practice.
If you want to start from the beginning, check out these links to the earlier videos: How to Pronounce Words 1-20
And just a quick reminder, here’s how the video will go. I’ll introduce each word, and I’ll pronounce it with the full, dictionary pronunciation.
Then I’ll say the word in a sentence using a more natural pronunciation, and I’ll say it three times. Sometimes it will be reduced or linked up with another word, or it could even be stressed, depending on the sentence. Your job is to pay attention to the rhythm, intonation, and linking, and to imitate what you hear, not how the word is spelled or how you think the word is pronounced. And to help you with this, I’m not going to bog down these videos with explanations of what’s happening to the pronunciation. I want you to become comfortable with listening to something and immediately imitating it without much thought or direct instruction.
My one piece of advice? Close your eyes and rely on only your ears to guide you. Don’t read the sentence or the captions.
Get ready to improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and fluency - right now!
How to Pronounce the Most Common Words in English
Word number twenty-one: he
What did he do?
Word number twenty-two: what
What happened here?
Word number twenty-three: are
What are you doing?
Word number twenty-four: with
I’ll go shopping with you.
Word number twenty-five: this
Is this your house?
Word number twenty-six: not
It’s not ready yet.
Word number twenty-seven: for
That’s a gift for you.
Word number twenty-eight: be
It’ll be fine.
Word twenty-nine: just
I’m just tired.
Word number thirty: my
That’s my phone.
Word number thirty-one: me?
Can you hear me?
Word number thirty-two: your
Where’s your bag?
Word number thirty-three: like
It feels like summer.
Word number thirty-four: no
No, I didn’t.
Word number thirty-five: if
What if he says no?
Word number thirty-six: oh
Oh, I didn’t know that.
Word number thirty-seven: know
I know her from school.
Word number thirty-eight: well
Well, let’s see what happens.
Word number thirty-nine: about
Tell me about it.
Word number forty: right
You’re right about that.
Nice work! You made it through the next batch of common words in American English, and as always, I want to know how you did. Was this easy, hard, somewhere in the middle? Did you learn any new pronunciations today? Or were you surprised at any of the words that made this list? Let me know in the comments!
Our training will continue with the next batch of common words in American English, words forty-one to sixty. So stay tuned for video number three - coming soon!
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