Fix these 3 common pronunciation mistakes in English!
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2016
- Do you pronounce "bow" with an ending sound similar to "cow" or "low"? Both are correct, but each has a different meaning! In this lesson, you'll learn the pronunciations of "bow" and sets of words that end with "-atch", and "-ough". To speak correctly in English, you have to learn and memorize common vocabulary. I'm going to teach you to pronounce some common words that English students often make mistakes with. I'll give you definitions so that you can expand your vocabulary and learn to speak correctly at the same time. Some of these words are homophones -- words that are spelled differently but sound the same. You'll also see homonyms -- words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Know them all? Take the quiz at www.engvid.com/fix-these-3-com... to see if you have learned the meaning, spelling, and pronunciation of these words!
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Hi. I'm Gill at www.engvid.com, and today we're having a lesson on confusing pronunciations and spellings. Okay? I've got three main examples for you of confusion, because sometimes they... They're spelt in the same way, but they are pronounced differently. Okay. So, let's start.
So, the first one is this word "bow", which can be pronounced in two different ways. Okay? If it's this, it's a bow. Either a bowtie or a bow, a ribbon with a bow in your hair. Or if you tie your shoelaces in a bow. Okay? So that's a bow. So, for example, you can say: "She has a bow in her hair." And it's this... This sort of shape. Maybe a ribbon tied into a bow. Or: "He is wearing a bowtie." So, instead of a long tie, a bowtie like that. Okay? So that's "bow". So that's pronounced like "oh", "bow". Okay? But then there's another kind of word spelt the same but pronounced differently: "bow". Okay? So, it's like this here, if you do this. Usually men bow. Women curtsy. If this is when you meet the Queen, men bow, women curtsy. So, men do this, bending. "Men often bow when they meet the Queen." So, this one is like "ow", if that helps. "Ow". So: "bow", "bow", and they're spelt exactly the same. So, you can only tell... If you're reading it, you can only tell from the context which one it is. If someone is speaking, you can tell from the pronunciation. Okay. Bow, bow.
Right, so moving on to the second example, completely different, but there's one little confusion with this one. Words that end "atch". Okay? So, usually it's just one letter in front of "atch". So, we'll have words like: "batch", "catch", "hatch", "latch", "match", "patch". You may not know the meaning of those; I'll tell you in a second. But they all have this short "ah" sound, like with "apple". Okay? When you say: "Apple", "ah" like that. "Batch", "catch", "hatch", "latch", "match", "patch". But this with the time on it is a "watch". So it's not a watch; it's a watch, so it's short "o" sound, "aw", as in "orange". So it's apples and oranges, really. So, "ah" and "aw", so a watch. I realized this when a student of mine who is in Russia said: "Catch", and I thought: "Catch and..." When she typed it, wrote it via Skype, I saw it was "catch", so I realized then: Ah, she was thinking of "watch", and saying "catch". But it's wrong. It's "catch". So "watch" is the only one I can think of that has the short "o" sound. Okay, so we know what a "watch" is.
A "batch", if you don't know what a batch is, it's like a set of things, like bread... Bread rolls in a batch, a batch of six or a batch of 12 rolls of bread. A batch that go into the oven to be baked all together. That's a batch. "To catch", if someone throws a ball to you, you try to catch it. Oh. "Hatch", if there's an egg and the bird is sitting on the egg, keeping it nice and warm, and then one day the shell starts to break and a little beak comes out, and the little bird... Little baby bird is hatching. That's "to hatch", when the egg breaks and the little baby bird comes out. That's "to hatch". A "latch" is on a door to close the door. And sometimes it's just something that goes over, and it closes the door. That's the latch. Okay?
A "match" is something you... If you're... Oh, hope you don't smoke cigarettes, but to light a cigarette, people often use a match, a little wooden... It's got a red or brown tip on it, and a piece of wood, and you go like that with it, and you get a flame, and you light the cigarette. Or you may be lighting a fire, you strike a match and you light the fire with it. Okay? "Match". "Match" can also mean putting two things together that are the same, or colours that match. The purple and blue, maybe, you think: "Oh, yes, purple and blue, they go together well. They match." So, two totally different meanings of "match".
She is such a lovely teacher!
I learn so many words with you and you explain the meanings in so understandible way! Thank you so much! Love your channel!
Thank you Mrs. Gill! Your explanation is very good and clear!
This lady is the teacher I should have had in Portugal during the 12 years I studied English at school. Explain accurately and clearly. Thank you so much for these classes.
Thank you very much for this useful pronunciation lesson! All was really clear.
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Madame, you are such a great teacher. I found you randomly, and it was a nice discovery. I am from Chile and one of the most difficult things for me to learn are phrasal verbs... It is incredible how a preposition may modify the meaning of a verb (give, give up / let, let sb down, etc.) Thanks a lot for your help and your kindness.
Well done, I really love learning English from your lessons.
Thank you.
Please do more lessons, I admire your lessons 😍💖
I came to this video because it appeared in my recommendations.
And I actually learnt something.
Never knew the word "trough". Now I do. Thank you.
It's an excellent explanation! I just love it. Thanks a lot, teacher Gil!
Long Live our teacher Gill.
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I just found your channel!!! I love how you explain :) very easy and clear! thank you Gill
The way of your teaching is very useful and understandable. keep it up...god bless you
Very good lesson. I have learnt more watching these videos than in the school. Thank you very much
wish all native speakers speak like this. I understand each word!
Hello Gill:) I'd like to suggest you an useful theme because lots of non native speakers have problems with it. The theme is: Homographs, Homophones and Homonyms.
The word "promise" for example. I remember that sometime in the past I heard the verb being pronounced like "Pro-MAI-sed." I'd like to know the differences between the verbs and nouns that have the same spelling.
Thank you so much.
Dear GillThank you a lot for making all these helpful video lessons for those who learn English. And thank you in advance for better understanding of one of the most interesting languages.Nadia from Russia
i`ve learnd more with you then in my school, i love yo gill
I really like the way you are explaining the things. It's so clear :)
Hello, Gill... I like so much your channel and classes. You have an excelent method. Simple, full of body language and pacience. Congratulations from Chile...
Thanks Prof. Gill! You are awesome! congrats!
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Your`re great!,so patient explaining.I`ve learnt a lot following you.Thank you very much
Gill I just love your way of teaching. I feel like you tend to speak to make everyone understand.
VERY GOOD TEACHER, EXCELLENT ONE. THANKS
Excellent teacher! Congratulation for you to be a teacher!
Such a clear lesson!!! Don´t you want to come to live in Buenos Aires, Argentina?? You would have lots of students...
I'm glad I have found you Gill, thank you for the great lesson
Merci pour ces leçons !!
Excellent as usual, claps!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You’re a good teacher you are voice very clear I understand Thank you
Excellent classes!
Thank you so much Gill! It is a pleasure to listen to your lessons.
Thanks Gill I very happy for lessons
Thank you Jill !!!
thank you , Gill, very helpful lesson
Thank you so much! Love your channel!
I love your classes! Arnold/Brazil🦩
thanks teacher Gill. you're explanation is as clear as crystals. Many Thanks.
One of the gratest videos on Engvid, immidiately shared. What about start making some kind of lessons like "how to say "when you're avaliable" in a naive way(which is what time is good for you) or "i will pay for it - it's on me"? I would be more than happy to watch it, and thoroughly believe everyone will. I'm sure there are phrasesthe the most of subcribers don't know how to say natively.
Thank you very much ma'am for this helpful lesson ❤
Thank you for the lesson!
I love the way you teach.
An useful time. Happy and brief.
Thank you so much Gill, always great to know all those different sounds from the vowels and the different meanings in a single word, can't wait to be back in England
Where are you from
Everyone loves Gill!
Thanks Gill,
Excellent! Thank You!
very,very good lesson! thanks.
great teacher,well done
Perfect!
Thank you very much !
what a great video. thanks a lot Gill.really love all your video lessons. thumbs up.
I can't find the words to express my gratitude and appreciation for your useful lessons. Thank you Teacher.
Thank you very much for clarifying these three confusing pronunciation Mrs. Gill! And I wanna point out that actually if the learner is learning depends on underlying grammar in a sentence, he or she may find it easier to learn the two 'bow' and 'bough' -- one of the 'bow' is a verb, the other is a noun, so is the word 'bough' :))
My dearest grandma teacher ,Thank you so much.🌹🌹
You are really good teacher!!!.
Very helpful. I have learned new words. Thank you!
Hello Gill, I am from Mexico and I am happy with your explanation because I have obtained 100 thanks your straightforward teaching. You are lovely, thanks.
I am from México too :)
thank you so much I lern lot of things from you ...bless you
great teaching
Thank you very much : very efficient and useful.
Really helpful....thank you! 😊
Wow I have spell everything thanks so much Gill👍🙂
Lovely! really. Thank you, teacher!
Thank you
You have helped me with my grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, structure. Thank you I like your channel
Every single teacher is so cool and nice in EngVId :)
Wonderful diction! I wonder why turh the language into some kind of porrige when it may be that beautiful and expressive?! Yes, all Gill says is quite clear and understood so that you can quickly and easily learn English and appriciate its beauty and expressiveness.
Great! Thanks!
merci madame Gill
Thanks a lot.
most of your videos about vocabs and pronouncation ,and I like them all .
Thanks , Very helpful 👏
Iam so intersting with your lessons that's help me..... Thank you so much
thank you very much for this lesson) it's very useful rule!
Thank you very helpful
very informative indeed,
I do thank you very much.
Gill , You are AMAZING
I liked it very much, Teacher! Thank you so much!
Dear Gill, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year 2017. So nice lecture, Thank you.Regards, Emad
Thanks a million!
Great 👍
Gill im.really love u god bless u my favorite teacher
It was so usefull. Thank you!
that was an excelent class
Thank GiLL again than you so much it's my big pleasure to hear all of you
Gil, you are the best!!! 😍🤩😁
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I like your lectures
Helps a lot thank 😍😍😍👍
thanks you teacher !( from china )
Yes, I was always confused about the "bow" thing. :D
Thanks a lot madam
Thank you so much.
thanks for your help
Thanks Gill. Can you do a video on despite & inspite, although & though. how & when to use them. these are very confusing sometimes. there are many others, but i can only think of these.
You can go for Adam at EngVid.com. He had made that explanation.
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you helped me so much thanks !
Thank you very much