It may be hard to believe but it is true.In fact, it is quite common. You can speak English but not have any idea how many of the words that you say are written (spelt). The difference between the way a word is pronounced and the way that that same word is spelt can be, to put it nicely, mind-boggling.The gap can be enormous. Compare how the following words are written with how the same words are pronounced:subtle, colonel, pneumonia, eight, through, bough. (contains 7 sets of istudy cards). For the audio for Freaky Pronunciation: The Silent Letter in English, go to studyguides.com.
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It is an understatement to say that, at times, English pronunciation andspelling can be difficult.That difficulty is not limited to only non-native speakers.Native speakers of English also have to study, for many years, how to pronounce and spell their own native language.One of the reasons that English can drive even a native speaker crazy is that there are many ways to represent a particular sound in writing. One letter which is especially difficult is the letter ‘y’. (contain 4 sets of istudycards with different pronunciations of the vowel y). For the audio for Freaky Pronunciation: The Crazy Y in English, go to studyguides.com.
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How to Pronounce the ‘igh’ in English in the Freaky English series were created to help you learn how to pronounce words which contain the igh.These istudycards were created to help you to bridge that gap between the spoken and written form of English. These particular packet of cards helps you to learn those words which contain the igh when it is pronounced like the long i or the long a. (contains 2 sets of istudy cards). For the audio for Freaky Pronunciation: How to Pronounce the ‘igh’ in English, go to studyguides.com.
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One of the reasons that English can drive even a native speaker crazy is that there are many ways to represent a particular sound in writing.That being true, it is not unusual to have the sound ofa letter without having that letter in the word. Freaky English series were created to help you learn these kind of words. (contains 8 sets of istudy cards) For the audio for Freaky Pronunciation: But there's no long A in the word!!!!, go to studyguides.com.
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