English lesson – Pronouncing Silent letter English words ( Learn English for free)
“Shh……Silent Letter Words…. Hello everyone I am Niharika and welcome back to a new lesson. In today’s lesson we are gonna
look at “Shh… silent letter words. Now what are silent letter words? The letters
that you can’t hear, when you say the word, but when you write it or read it, the letter
is there, that’s English, quite confusing. Well interestingly sixty percent of English
words contained silent letter words. Wow! So in today’s lesson, we are gonna look
at the correct spellings and of course the correct pronunciation of these silent letter
words. And we just gonna look at five silent letters in this lesson, that’s the letter
“B”, letter “D”, letter “G”, letter “H” and letter “K”. So let’s dive
into these words and let’s learn how to pronounce them correctly. Now the first one
is the silent B, so when you say these words, the letter B goes silent. Let’s see, the
first one, Bomb, so many people when they use or when they say this word, they end up
pronouncing it as Bomb. What’s bomb? Now here the last B goes silent. So the correct
pronunciation of this word is bomb. You are gonna skip pronouncing the last B. It’s
not gonna be bomb, but it’s just gonna be bomb. Let’s have a look at another word
which is Climb. “I am climbing up the stairs” or “she climbs up the stairs”. So it’s
just climb. Again you are not gonna pronounce the last B here, it’s not gonna be climb.
It’s just gonna be climb. That’s the correct pronunciation. Let’s have a look at another
word, which is Doubt. “I have a doubt”. Now if you look at the spelling, the B comes
in the middle, but when you pronounce this word. It’s just doubt, something like dout.
You do not pronounce the letter B. Next one Thumb, so many people pronounce it as Thumb,
Thumbs Up. It’s not Thumbs up. It’s just Thumb. Even the little kids, like you ask
them, Oh honey, what finger is this? They will go like Thumb. It’s not Thumb, you
gotta correct them. The correct pronunciation is Thumb. The letter B is silent. And then
the last example that I have for you on the board is Subtle. Again here the letter B which
comes in the middle of the word. You need to skip pronouncing that letter and the correct
pronunciation of this word is Subtle. She has a very subtle voice. So the correct pronunciation
is Subtle. Now let’s have a look at some words, which has the letter D, when you read
it or when you write the word. But the moment you pronounce the word, the D is gone. You
do not pronounce that letter. So the first one is, Handkerchief, so it’s just handkerchief.
Well, handkerchief is the piece of cloth that you use to blow your nose in, so that’s
just handkerchief, it’s not hand kerchief. But it’s just handkerchief. You do not pronounce
the letter D. Another example, Oh! I am starving and I need to grab a nice delicious sandwich.
So it’s not sand wich. It is just sandwich. Again you do not pronounce the letter D. It’s
just sandwich; I am starving, could you please grab a sandwich for me? That’s the correct
pronunciation. The third one, the week, the day of the week. Which is Wednesday. So any
people make this mistake, they end up pronouncing it as Wednesday. Well, it’s not Wednesday.
It is Wednesday. You know something like, but that’s not how you spell it. The spelling
the correct spelling is this, however when you pronounce this word, its Wednesday. Now
let’s have a look at the letter G. The letter G, the correct pronunciation of these words
here is again saying good bye to the letter G, so it’s like cologne. If your man stinks,
he needs to spray some cologne, to smell nice. So again the letter G here goes silent. It’s
not cologne, but its cologne. That’s the correct pronunciation. Another word, which
is Campaign. We are campaigning for this new product, so its campaigning. It’s a campaign.
You do not say Camp again. That’s the incorrect pronunciation; it’s just campaign, where
the letter G goes silent. And then the other example that I have here is Sign, well you
need to sign these papers. So if you look at the spelling, it is Sign, but the letter
G is silent and the correct pronunciation of this word is sign, you need to sign the
papers. Now lets have a look at another silent letter, which is H. H makes the sound of Huh.
Now if you look at the words here, some of the examples and the most common words that
we use in our daily vocabulary, honest. Now many people pronounce it as honest. She is
such a honest girl. Honest that’s incorrect. You need not pronounce this H here. The correct
pronunciation of this word is honest. So it’s just gonna be honest. She is such an honest
person. It’s not honest. Another word, Honor. She is my maid of honor. So again honor, the
H here, which is at the beginning of the word, goes silent and the correct pronunciation
is honor. The maid of honor. Another one, Ooh, just an hour left, just an hour left,
it’s just hour, it’s not hour or haour. Well, people have different pronunciations
to this word, that’s absolutely incorrect. The correct pronunciation of this word is
hour. Again the H goes silent and then another example that I have for you, wherein the H
is in the middle of the word is, Anchor. Anchor is someone, who anchors shows, TV shows or
probably news channels. They are the anchors and here again, if you see the H comes in
the middle of the word, however it goes silent, when you pronounce the word, it’s just gonna
be, she is an excellent anchor. It’s not anchor, but it’s just anchor. And then the
last letter that I have for you, which goes silent, when you pronounce the words is K
and here are couple of examples for you, so the first one is, Knee. Knee is the part of
your body that joints your thigh and your calve, so that’s knee. Now the correct pronunciation
is knee, but the moment you look at the spelling. It’s Knee, so you keep wondering why is
it not Kanee? Well, it’s not kanee, but it’s just knee. The letter K at the beginning
of the word goes silent. Another one, I heard a knock at the door. So it’s just knock
at the door. But when you write it, don’t just write it as nock, the correct spelling
is with a K. But when you pronounce it, then it’s just knock. The K is silent. Another
one, Knife. Oh, I cut my finger with a knife. So its knife, as a kid I used to always pronounce
it as Kanife. Well, yes I did and my mom was like, that’s incorrect. The correct pronunciation
is knife. And I kept wondering, why is that? That’s English. So again letter K here is
silent and the correct pronunciation of this word is knife and not kanife. Next one Knowledge.
He has a lot of knowledge, why because he’s intelligent. So knowledge its again, the K
is silent and the correct pronunciation is knowledge, with a N and not with a K. And
then the last example that I have for you is, Knuckles. Well, your knuckles, yes, so
when you write it, you write it with a K, but when you pronounce it. It’s not kinuckles.
It’s just knuckles. The letter K is silent. So these are few words that have the silent
letters in it, keep practicing them, because they are really common and they just come
across in your daily conversation. And I’ll be back with a new lesson soon. Till then
you take care.
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For me , The correct spelling of honor is honour.
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it teachings are too good mam….I am great fan of u
very helpful for me thanks ma'am
please publish your own book
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madam you are so good at English. one can easily learn by watching your classes
love ur attitude,style,and ur lesson
its so interesting
and i can understand easily
Hello Niharika, Thank you for valuable information. could you please suggest different between the pronouncation of hour and our? Thanks again…
Very useful niharika
Hello, Niharika. Thank you for so many good lessons. Do you have examples for the other letters, like T, N, etc. ?
she acts likes a star without being it
she overacts more than star
U said pro-noun-ciation but it's not pro-noun-ciation it's pro-nun-ciation.
Congratulations Niharika! You teachs english in a very clear way.
hi, NIHARIKA .you have explained nice way but where are the rules? I mean why these letters are not pronounced because these letter starts from other alphabets.
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i am really enjoy this video but will you give me rules of these silent words
we are not here to see expressions, would you please clarify why these are silent?
Mam your blackboard is not visible
subject? it's suj-ect!
it's good channel
thats true man!!
It it very good guidance
10q Niharika Mam
Do u have any trick to learn synonyms and antonyms
Pls guide me
She mispronounced the word 'Thumb'. It's not Tumb, but rather Thumb.
I love Niharika's gesture
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I like your teaching style. You know why …… Because i like you
u r superrrb lea
thnx niharika for your good teaching.
Are you from India
o yea yea yea
Thumb is pronounced as THUMB….I ain't in a day of my life ever heard anyone pronounce THUMB as TUM…!! The stress is on the TH all the way through to the end at UMB!
nice vedio
Telugu
But mam first explain silent word is come after or before of which is word
Please reply as soon as possible if you know
I love you…….you are so beautiful….
thank madam. I always see your vedio
how to wright silent words please help me
Thanks
But how do I know that those letters come in between sentences? I mean you just spoke about these words if I see somewhere else how do I understand that it's silent. For example "k" is silent when it comes first of a word. I would be happy that you make a vedio about it.
why silent letters are even there. The english language is itself imperfect.
your english is great niharika
for me,honor spelling is hounor
niharika dont mix the words in next lesson
you mixed british english and american english
i like your teaching style
speak with cliarity in next lesson
for me,the correct spelling of honor is hounor
i have a question miss niharika why we do silent k in knife?
Miracle
Nice video and so cute expression I love it 😊 and one thing explain to me how you know silent words and how to find silent words plz rpl me as soon as possible thank you
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niharika, your actor
Act in movies but I can't understand your videos
Thanks for video niharika mam… i will request you to make any video on r silent since r silent is so much important.
Your content is fine but ur body language doesn't suit u
Is pronunciation of hour correct?
thanks it's helpful for me u are best in english for us u take so much effort thanks
In knowledge k and d is silent
best teacher
Nice
This channel is best for learn english
I enjoyed with your video, you are amazing teacher, thanks
Could you tell where to use silent words, what's the rule
Wooow i'm so amzed
you are the best
Beautiful teacher
Mam i love ur videos but i am little bit confuse, when u say Handkerchief.I understand 'd'is silent there but u pronounce 'ch'as 'cha' not 'sh' as you pronounce in last video
aap itna overacting kr ke Kyu bolti hai
How we will come to know which letter should be silent, is there any rules. For example when two vowels come together the first vowel will take long sound LEAP BEAN COAT. Please let me know remaining rules if it is there.
Very nice
R also silent word…
Are pagal climb ka to tune meaning hi badal dia. Jyada smart mat ban. Tab to lamb ko lam padhenge n or land ko lan. Kuch nahi ata tujhe. Idiot, lol!!!!!
you are the best teacher
Please give us more, words with silent letters, we need to know all those words. Thank you
osam
Very educational..thanks.
Are you explaining us
Can you make video on how we can identify silent letter in a word
Hi plz suggest how to pronounce bomberman…..
Nisharika your videos are really helpful
Over acting
Good lesson
Bolti ho
Thanks
Shall you get married
Is that good for kids
Bomb is too pronounced with the letter "b" at the end.
Bomb pronounced without the "b" at the end becomes: balm!
Like an ointment of sorts.
Somebody like the teacher in this video ought to invest their time in remedial school for English…
Good
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The manner of your teaching is very well. So make more than more videos.
sex he look
Without reason bataye silent latter ka video banaya ….bakwas west of time