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Basic Rules of Pronunciation in English

The document outlines some basic rules of pronunciation in English including letters that are silent in certain combinations such as B after M, C after SC, G after N, the silent H after vowels, PH often sounding like F, and K before N at the beginning of words.

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Basic Rules of Pronunciation in English

The document outlines some basic rules of pronunciation in English including letters that are silent in certain combinations such as B after M, C after SC, G after N, the silent H after vowels, PH often sounding like F, and K before N at the beginning of words.

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BASIC RULES OF PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH

LETTER(S) RULE EXAMPLES


INVOLVED
B–M The B is silent if it comes  Crumb
after the M, at the end of  Thumb
the word  Comb
 Numb
 Jamb
 Womb
 Bomb
 Bamb
 Recomb
 Beachcomb
 Currycomb
 Whitecomb
 Firebomb
 Plumb
 Rhumb
 Intomb
 Gamb
 Iamb
 Doorjamb
 Divebomb

C - SC The C is usually silent in  Muscle


the SC combination  Scent
 Scene
 Multidiscipline
 Conscientiously
 Neuroscientific
 Indisciplinable
 Resuscitate
 Omniscience
 Discipling
 Lusciously
 Oscillator
 Fascist
 Scents
 Sceptics
 Scenography
 Scepter
 Prescind
 Scientize
 Plebiscite
 Scenographers

G–N G is silent when followed  Champagne


by N  Sign
 Reign
 Design
 Gnomist
 Gnosis
 Malign
 Aligned
 Consign
 Gnash
 Gnomic

H - vowels The silent H is not  Fight


pronounced when it comes  Thought
after a vowel  Daughter
 Mights
 Nightly
 Knight
 Blight
 Sights
 Lighting
 Straight
 Moonlight
 Nighttime

PH La PH a menudo va a sonar  Elephant


como la F  Phantom
 Telephone
 Orphan
 Dolphin
 Alphabet
 Phoneme
 Phone
 Photo
 Phase
 Phew
 Physical
 Phobia
 Pharmacist
 Sphere
 Nephew
 Pharaoh
 Graph
 Pharmacy
 Trophy

K–N The K does not sound when  Knife


it comes before the N at the  Know
beginning of a word  Knackered
 Knickers
 Knitwear
 Knockout
 Knuckler
 Knop
 Knaves
 Knee
 Knowledgeably

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