Study English Grammar » phonetic script http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com Free English Grammar Tips & Blog Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:34:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Spelling and pronunciation http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-pronunciation/spelling-and-pronunciation.htm http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-pronunciation/spelling-and-pronunciation.htm#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:26:20 +0000 Study English Grammar http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/?p=105 In English, one spelling can have different pronunciations and the words with same sound can have different spellings. If you check the pronunciation of the whole word by looking at the phonetic script in a dictionary, you will find that the sound is very common in English. It is always unstressed. In this article, we will look at some of the sounds in English.

  • Words ending with ‘ough’ are spelled in different ways in English. Some examples are given below:

Now sound: plough, bough

Cuff sound: enough, tough, rough

Toe sound: though, dough

Off sound: cough.

  • Words containing ‘st’ where ‘t’ is not pronounced. Some examples are listen, whistle, whistle, bristle.
  • Words containing ‘bt’ and ‘mb’, where b is not heard. Some examples are given below:

‘bt’: debt, subtle, doubt

‘mb’: plumber, comb, dumb

Tips for Pronunciation and spelling English words:

The tips given below will help you to understand spelling and pronunciation of some words in English.

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