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How to Pronounce the Most Common Words in English
Hi there, I’m Julie with San Diego Voice and Accent, and welcome to the fourth video of my five-video series called How to Pronounce the 100 Most Common Words in American English. In today’s lesson, I’ll teach you how to pronounce words sixty one to eighty, and we’re going to get right down to the practice.
If you want to start from the beginning and learn how to pronounce words one through twenty, twenty one through forty, and forty one through sixty, check out the description below for links to the earlier videos.
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!
Word number sixty one: good
That’s a good question.
Word number sixty two: come
Can you come here?
Word number sixty three: here
Stay here with me.
Word number sixty four: time
What time is it?
Word number sixty five: really
That’s really cool.
Word number sixty six: would
I would go if I could.
Word number sixty seven: as
Do it as soon as possible.
Word number sixty eight: then
First we’ll eat, then we’ll leave.
Word number sixty nine: want
I want to stay longer.
Word number seventy: because
We stayed home because it rained.
Word number seventy one: when
Call me when you get here.
Word number seventy two: did
What did she say?
Word number seventy three: look
Look at this.
Word number seventy four: an
That’s an old book.
Word number seventy five: don’t
Please don’t forget.
Word number seventy six: people
People were laughing.
Word number seventy seven: some
Can I have some more?
Word number seventy eight: could
I could help with that.
Word number seventy nine: something
Tell me something new.
Word number eighty: back
Sit back and relax.
Awesome job, you guys! Some of these words were tough, but I’m so proud of you for practicing them with me today. Let me know in the comments how things are going for you so far - is this getting easier? Do you feel like you’re able to imitate the rhythm of native speakers a little bit better? Drop a comment below and let me know.
And stay tuned for the final video of this series, video number five, where you’ll learn how to pronounce words eighty one to one hundred of the top one hundred most common words in American English.
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