DO NOT pronounce the ‘B’ | English Lesson and Pronunciation Practice

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Hello, everyone.
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My name is F@nny.
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And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about the ‘Silent B’ letter in English.
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Now, there are many words containing the letter B
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And sometimes, for some reason, this B is silent.
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Now, let's take a few examples.
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First, we have the word ‘climb’.
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Now there's a ‘b’.
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You can see it when you spell the word,
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it ends with the letter ‘B’.
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But can you hear it?
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Listen to me. ‘climb’.
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No, you can't. You can't hear the letter ‘B’.
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Because it's a silent 'B’.
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Another example,
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would be the word ‘bomb’.
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I know you're thinking of the spelling.
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There's a ‘B’ at the end of this word.
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But again, it's a silent B.
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In fact, most of the time in English, when a short word ends with the letters ‘mb',
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the ‘b’ is silent.
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Now another example,
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the word ‘debt’.
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Most of my students pronounce it ‘debt’.
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Because they know the spelling of the word
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and there's a ‘b’ before this ‘t’.
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But it's a silent B, guys.
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It's not pronounced, so you actually say ‘Det’.
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Now for longer words, again, the letter ‘B’
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is sometimes silent, not always.
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For example, if I say the word ‘plumber’,
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it's a silent B.
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It's not pronounced ‘plum-ber'. It's spelled with a ‘B’, but the ‘B’ is silent.
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But, if I say the word ‘crumble’,
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the ‘b’ is not silent.
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You can clearly hear the sound ‘b’, ‘crumble’.
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Okay?
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So it's not always silent.
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Another example would be the word ‘subtle’.
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Now ‘subtle’ is spelled with a ‘B’, but the ‘B’ is silent.
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Unlike the word ‘subtext‘, ‘subtext’ is spelled with a ‘B’,
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but the ‘B’ is pronounced.
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I know English is a difficult language, but you will make it, guys.
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It's just about practice.
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So let's practice together, shall we?
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I've got a list of the most common words containing the silent B.
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So let's not focus on rules.
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Let's just practice saying those words until you actually get used to their pronunciation.
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Let's start. Please repeat after me.
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‘limb’
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‘numb’
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‘thumb’
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‘plumber’
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‘succumb’
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‘comb’
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‘bomb’
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‘climb’
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‘crumb’
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‘lamb’
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‘tomb’
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‘womb’
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‘debt’
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‘doubt’
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‘subtle’
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Good job, guys.
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Let's now move on to sentences.
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Repeat after me.
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‘The plumber worked in the tomb.’
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‘His thumb was numb.’
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‘I doubt he has debt.’
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‘The lamb ate the crumb.’
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Great, guys.
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Okay, guys.
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Thank you very much for watching the video.
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These were the most common words containing the silent B.
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I hope you will remember the list.
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Don't hesitate to watch the video again, and please keep practicing.
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Practice makes perfect.
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Thank you very much and see you in other videos.
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Thank you so much for watching my video, guys.
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