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7 Commonly Mispronounced English Words (video)

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Melanie

7 Commonly Mispronounced English Words! (video)

January 3, 2010 by Melanie

This English pronunciation lesson will help you pronounce these words clearly and correctly.

Trust me: You’re pronouncing at least ONE of these words wrong. Every English learner I have ever spoken to has mispronounced at least one of these 7 words, mainly because the pronunciation of the words does not match the spelling. Watch the video to learn some tips on how to pronounce these words and practice the correct pronunciation.

For each word, I give two examples of the word used in a sentence. Listen and repeat after me!

 

 

This is the 1st video in the ‘Commonly Mispronounced English Words’ series:
7 Commonly Mispronounced English Words [this video]
5 MORE Commonly Mispronounced English Words

 

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Comments

  1. Omar says

    May 15, 2010 at 3:16 am

    Really Informative. Well done. I’ve a Canadian teacher. She teachers me like this. It seems I’ve found a teacher.

  2. Tai says

    May 13, 2012 at 7:52 am

    I very love this lesson. Thank teacher. I hope you create more helpful video in future.

    • Melanie says

      May 13, 2012 at 2:16 pm

      You’re welcome, Tai! I hope you continue to enjoy my video lessons. I’m glad these lessons are helpful to you! = )

  3. Grace says

    May 16, 2012 at 2:25 am

    Hey Melanie, I’m really interested in the materials in your website, but i just can’t watch the vedio~I don’t know why~
    What a pity~~

    • Melanie says

      May 16, 2012 at 2:05 pm

      Hi, Grace! Where do you live? The video is hosted by YouTube & unfortunately YouTube is blocked in China. I’m sorry.

  4. Jung says

    May 30, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Thanks! Melanie *^^

    • Melanie says

      May 30, 2012 at 6:25 pm

      You’re welcome! This was the first video I ever made, so I’m thrilled that people still enjoy it! = )

  5. Andrew says

    June 5, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    Wow! It turned out I’d been mispronouncing three out of seven 🙂 None of my English teachers (at school and university) ever bothered correcting me!

    • Melanie says

      June 6, 2012 at 9:12 pm

      That’s why I made this video Andrew! You are not alone. Almost every English learner I’ve ever talked to has pronounced AT LEAST ONE of these words wrong! I’m happy that this video helped you.
      = )

  6. Murugappan says

    July 10, 2012 at 6:18 am

    nice selection of words. I learned(enjoyed)it.

    • Melanie says

      July 10, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      Thanks, Murugappan! I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed it & you learned from this video!

      I have noticed that these words are the most mispronounced by English learners.

  7. Qui says

    August 3, 2012 at 12:42 am

    Hi Melanie,

    Have you ever been Vietnam?

    • Melanie says

      August 4, 2012 at 7:24 pm

      Unfortunately no, I have never been to Vietnam! I would like to visit someday. It looks like a lovely country & the people are very friendly.

      = )

  8. María says

    October 17, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Thank you so much for this. Your website is so useful! Cheers from Spain.

  9. Kaye says

    March 29, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Hi Melanie,
    I would love to show your videos to my students in China. Is there some way I can see and download them as we cannot access youtube in China?

    K

    • Melanie says

      March 30, 2013 at 2:40 pm

      Hi, Kaye!

      Unfortunately I don’t know of any way to do this, unless you can use RealPlayer to download the video directly from YouTube.

      Do you know if there are English instructions on how to set up an account & upload videos to any of the Chinese sites (like Tudou)? I would really like to make my videos available to Chinese students, but unfortunately I can’t read or speak Mandarin! Someone once told me that some of my videos have been (illegally!) downloaded from YouTube & uploaded to Tudou, so you can try searching for them.

      All the best,
      Melanie

  10. Urias says

    July 26, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    Thanks Melanie, it’s possible see through your materials how hard work you do in order to make things “edible” to us.

    Schopenhauer wrote: “There is a saying that a good cook can make a palatable dish even out of an old shoe; and a good writer can make the dryest things interesting”, this applies for your work.

    Continue doing things with the same love.

    All the best.
    Urias

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