Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: assimilation of /t/ followed by /k/. BBC Learning English

The sounds of English. Diphthongs - 1

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The 'oo' sound (three ways)

/uː/
food	/fuːd/
moon	/muːn/
boot	/buːt/
balloon	/bəˈluːn/
choose	/tʃuːz/
school	/skuːl/
soon	/suːn/
zoom	/zuːm/

/ʊ/
book	/bʊk/
good	/ɡʊd/
cook	/kʊk/
look	/lʊk/
foot	/fʊt/
stood	/stʊd/
understood	/ˌʌndəˈstʊd/
wood	/wʊd/
wool	/wʊl/

/ʌ/
blood	/blʌd/
flood	/flʌd/

How to speak English confidently

Some tips of pronunciation

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Pronunciation & Phrasal Verbs

1.- Throw out
      Chuck out
2.- Pass out
3.- Go ahead
4.- Pack it in
5.- Run into
6.- Do up
7.- Give out

Everyday Idioms & Expressions Used in Britain

1.- (something / someone) drives me round the bend

2.- does / doing my head in

3.- under the weather / feeling rough

4.- over the moon

5.- at the end of the day

6.- get a grip

7.- piece of piss

8.- take the piss

10 Most Difficult Words to Pronounce in English

1.- Comfortable   /ˈkʌmftəb^əl/
 
2.- Walk    /wɔːk/
     Work   /wɜːk/

3.- Restaurant      /ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ/

4.- Clothes      /kləʊðz/

5.- Island     /ˈaɪlənd/

6.- Dangerous     /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/

7.- Analysis      /əˈnælɪsɪs/

8.- Vegetable     /ˈvɛdʒtəb^əl/

9.- Tooth     /tuːθ/
     Teeth      /tiːθ/

10.- Asked      /ɑːskt/

1.- These shoes are super comfortable

2.- I work for Google      I walk to school every day

3.- What's your favourite restaurant?

4.- How often do you buy new clothes?

5.- The hotel is on the island

6.- I asked the teacher to explain the lesson

7.- Let's look at the analysis

8.- I love vegetables

9.-  You've got really nice teeth

10.- Have you asked him yet?

Bird, beard, bear, beer and... bare

"I speak such bad English that when I ask for a beer I do not know if they are going to bring me a bird, a beard, a bear or a beer"

bird = /bɜ(r)d/	the animal with feathers and wings, usually able to fly
beard = /bɪə(r)d/	the hair that some men allow to grow on the lower part of their face
bear = /beə(r)/	a large, strong wild mammal with a thick fur coat that lives especially in colder parts of the world
bare = /beə(r)/	without any clothes or not covered by anything
beer = /bɪə(r)/	an alcoholic drink made from grain and hops