How to Pronounce K and G Final Consonant Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course

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And in today's video, we are going to focus on two very important English final consonant sounds.
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The sound ‘k’ and the sound ‘g’.
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/k/ and /g/.
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They can be confusing because they sound quite similar,
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but they are different and they are very important sounds in the English language.
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So I want you to be able to pronounce them correctly.
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Let's get started with two example words.
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The first example word is the word ‘back’ with a ‘k’ sound.
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‘back’
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It's different from the word, ‘bag’, with a ‘g’ sound.
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‘bag’
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So ‘back’, ‘bag’.
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Can you hear the difference?
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If you can't hear the difference, practice with me.
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By the end of this video, you will hear the difference and you will pronounce these two sounds correctly.
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So, let's get started.
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Before we get into the final consonant sounds /k/ and /g/ in English,
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please, guys, check the I.P.A. spelling - it's very useful.
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You can also watch me and how I move my mouth.
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And please repeat after me whenever I ask you to.
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You can make these sounds.
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Let's do it together.
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Let's now focus on pronouncing this final /k/ sound in English.
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So it's voiceless.
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You're not going to use your voice - no vibration in your throat.
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Your tongue is up there and you're going to push out some air.
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And you're going to push out a little bit more air because it's final, okay.
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So, it’s /k/.
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Please repeat after me.
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/k/
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Let's practice with the word ‘back’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘back’
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Good.
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And now moving on to the final /g/ sound.
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Same position - your tongue is up there
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but you're not going to push out some air.
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This time you're going to use your voice and feel the vibration in your throat so you produce a sound.
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It's /g/.
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Please repeat after me.
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/g/
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Let's practice with the word ‘bag’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘bag’
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Good.
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Let's now practice with minimal pairs.
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These words are almost the same but the sounds are different.
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They're extremely good if you really want to hear the different sounds.
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Let's first focus on our sounds.
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Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.
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First, the /k/ sound.
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/k/
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And now the /g/ sound.
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/g/
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Now, let's do both.
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Please repeat after me.
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/k/
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/g/
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/k/
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/g/
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/k/
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/g/
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And now, let's use our words.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘back’
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‘bag’
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‘back’
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‘bag’
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‘back’
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‘bag’
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Great job.
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Okay, guys. It's now time to go through a list of minimal pairs together.
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Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.
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back
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bag
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block
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blog
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buck
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bug
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clock
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clog
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chuck
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chug
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crack
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crag
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dock
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dog
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duck
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dug
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flock
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flog
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frock
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frog
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hack
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hag
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jack
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jag
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jock
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jog
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knack
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nag
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lack
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lag
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leak
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league
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lock
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log
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luck
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lug
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muck
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mug
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pick
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pig
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pluck
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plug
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puck
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pug
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rack
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rag
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ruck
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rug
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sack
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sag
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shack
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shag
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slack
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slag
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smock
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smog
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snack
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snag
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snuck
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snug
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stack
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stag
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tack
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tag
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tuck
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tug
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whack
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wag
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wick
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wig
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That's great, guys.
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Okay, guys.
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It's now time to practice with some sentences that contain these consonant sounds.
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My first sentence is:
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‘Many jocks like to jog.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘Many jocks like to jog.’
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Our second sentence:
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‘I like to snag a snack before lunch.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘I like to snag a snack before lunch.’
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And finally:
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‘The frog jumped on her frock.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘The frog jumped on her frock.’
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Excellent.
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Let's move on.
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Let's now move on to listening practice.
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I'm now going to show you two words.
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I will say one of the two words,
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and I want you to listen very carefully and to tell me if this word is,
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‘a)’ or ‘b)’
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Let's get started.
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Let's start.
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We have two words.
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Word ‘a’, word’ ‘b’.
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Which one do I say?
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Listen to me.
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‘block’
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One more time.
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‘block’
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Is it word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?
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It's word ‘a’, ‘block’.
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Word ‘b’ is ‘blog’.
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Listen to me.
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‘plug’
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Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?
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It's word ‘b’, ‘plug’.
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Word ‘a’ is ‘pluck’.
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‘knack’
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Answer ‘a’ is correct, ‘knack’.
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Answer ‘b’ would be ‘nag’.
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‘bug’
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It's word ‘b’, ‘bug’.
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Word ‘a’ is ‘buck’.
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‘jog’
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‘b’ is correct, ‘jog’.
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‘a’ is ‘jock’.
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‘pig’
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Word ‘b’ is correct, ‘pig’.
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Word ‘a’ is ‘pick’.
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Listen to me.
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‘whack’
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Answer ‘a’ is the correct answer, ‘whack’.
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‘b’ is ‘wag’.
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‘slack’
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The word is ‘a’, ‘slack’.
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‘b’ is ‘slag’.
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‘wig’
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Answer ‘b’ is correct guys, ‘wig’.
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Answer ‘a’ would be ‘wick’.
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Finally. Listen to me.
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‘smock’
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It's answer ‘a’, ‘smock’.
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‘smog’ would be answer ‘b’.
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Great job, students.
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You now have a good understanding of these two final consonant sounds in English.
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The /k/ and the /g/ sound.
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Keep practicing.
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Practice makes perfect.
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It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds but you can do it.
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You can pronounce them correctly and you will also train your ear to hear the different sounds.
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I have other pronunciation videos.
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Make sure you watch them if you want to improve your English skills.
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