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00:00This is the K sound.

00:03Keep watching to find out how it's pronounced in British English.

00:10Hi everybody and welcome back to Lean English.

00:17I'm Ed and I'm here to help you achieve your pronunciation goals.

00:22Before we start, remember to like this video if you find it useful and subscribe for more

00:27British English pronunciation lessons in the future.

00:32Now let's look at the K sound in a bit more detail.

00:38Do you remember the G sound which we looked at a couple of weeks ago?

00:43The K sound is produced in a similar way, so first produce the G sound.

00:51Now do it again, but this time whisper it.

00:55K.

00:56K.

00:59Well done!

01:00You just produced the K sound.

01:04This sound is produced by building up air pressure between the tongue and the back of the mouth

01:10and releasing it explosively.

01:13But in contrast to the G sound, we don't use our voice.

01:18The back of the mouth is called the velum and this gives the sound its technical name,

01:24the voiceless vela plosive.

01:27Obviously, in real conversation we don't produce the G sound first, but you can use this trick

01:35to find the correct mouth position.

01:38So try and remember the mouth position and produce the sound again.

01:43K.

01:44K.

01:45K.

01:46K.

01:47Now, look at these words.

01:50Can you identify the K sound?

01:54Listen and see if you can hear it.

01:58Care.

01:59Kiss.

02:00Occur.

02:01Knee.

02:02Key.

02:03Ake.

02:04Next.

02:05Luck.

02:06The K sound is usually spelt with the letters C or K, but it can also be spelt with the letters

02:26X or Q in some words.

02:29Be careful because the letter K doesn't always produce the K sound and it may be silent in

02:36some words such as knee.

02:39The letter K is usually silent when it appears before the letter N at the beginning of words

02:45such as knife, know, knight, knock.

02:57Now let's practice.

02:59Listen and repeat after me.

03:02Bare knuckle boxing.

03:09An excellent technique.

03:15A cure for stomach ache.

03:22The taxi got a parking ticket.

03:29The accountant counts quickly.

03:36The K sound is part of a group of sounds called stops, which all produce sound by blocking

03:42and releasing air in the mouth.

03:45English has six stop sounds.

03:48K.

03:49G.

03:50T.

03:51D.

03:52P.

03:53And B.

03:55When two stop sounds come together, they overlap, which means the first sound isn't released

04:01and it blends with the second sound in words and phrases such as cocktail, blackboard,

04:13backdoor, stop calling.

04:19This makes words and phrases easier to pronounce and helps our speech to flow more smoothly.

04:26So avoid releasing the first stop in stop sequences.

04:32Well that's the end of the lesson, but now it's your turn.

04:36Can you think of any more words that contain the silent letter K?

04:40Let me know in the comments below and remember to like and subscribe for more videos in the

04:45future.

04:47Thanks for watching, goodbye.

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