English Pronunciation Tip of the Day
Tip Index
Tip1 Spelling-to-sound: a is never /V/
Tip 2 The suffix <-ham>.
Tip 3 Tricky pairs
Tip 4 The word ending <-ate>
Tip 5 Dictation Practice
Tip 6 Spelling to sound: <ng>
Tip 7 Spelling to sound: silent <l>
Tip 8 Review of tips 1 - 7
Tip 9 No weak form!
Tip 10 The placename ending <-borough> Tip 11 Stress and suffixes: <-ic>, <-ical>
Tip 12 Quiz
Tip 13 Roads and Streets
Tip 14 Have, has, had
Tip15 Clear and dark l
Tip 16 Silent h
Tip 17 Intonation: wh questions
Tip 18 A puzzle
Tip 19 Some errors
Tip 20 Spelling to sound: <wor> Tip 21 Afternoon
Tip 22 Suffixes and stress: <-ity>
Tip 23 Spelling to sound: <-ce> <-se>
Tip 24 The word ending <-ment>
Tip 25 Multiple Choice Quiz
Tip 26 Vowel recognition
Tip 27 The word ending <-ard>
Tip 28 Berry and <-berry>
Tip 29 Silent <g>
Tip 30 Placename endings: <-bury>, <-ford>, <-worth> Tip 31 The word ending <-sis>
Tip 32 <o>
Tip 33 Weak form practice
Tip 34 Silent <b>
Tip 35 Word endings <-sten> and <-stle>
Tip 36 Quiz on stress
Tip 37 Spelling to sound: <-ear>
Tip 38 Usual, usually
Tip 39 Suffixes and stress: <-aire>, <-eer>, <-ette>
Tip 40 <ss> Tip 41 Word ending <-age>
Tip 42 <-se> again
Tip 43 Word endings : <-ac> <-ad>
Tip 44 <oo>
Tip 45 Yet again <-se>
Tip 46 Quiz on <o>
Tip 47 Spelling to sound: <ough>
Tip 48 Vowel recognition: /Q O:/
Tip 49 Spelling to sound: <wa> <wha> <qua> <quaw>
Tip 50 Words beginning <res-> Tip 51 Irregular plurals: <-th>
Tip 52 Placename endings: <folk> <wich> <wick>
Tip 53 Spelling to sound: <augh>
Tip 54 Review
Tip 55 <ind>
Tip 56 One more time <-se>
Tip 57 <ou>
Tip 58 The suffix <-ed>
Tip 59 Silent <d>
Tip 60 The placename ending <-cester> Tip 61 Disappearing /t/
Tip 62 Change of voicing
Tip 63 Silent <w>
Tip 64 Compound stress (1)
Tip 65 <ou> again
Tip 66 The word-ending <our>
Tip 67 Clipping
Tip 68 The suffixes <-ary> and <-ory>
Tip 69 Fruit juice and biscuits
Tip 70 <th> Tip 71 Stress and suffixes: <-ian>
Tip 72 The prefix <un->
Tip 73 Stranding
Tip 74 Nucleus (1)
Tip 75 The word ending <-et>
Tip 76 Graph
Tip 77 Nucleus (2)
Tip 78 Less
Tip 79 The name ending <-stone>
Tip 80 Stranding again Tip 81 Compound verbs and the nucleus
Tip 82 <eu>, <ew>
Tip 83 Stranding: an exception
Tip 84 <ai>
Tip 85 Approximant devoicing
Tip 86 Compound stress (2)
Tip 87 The name ending <-chester>
Tip 88 Reflexive pronouns and the nucleus
Tip 89 Compound verbs and the nucleus (2)
Tip 90 Nuclear tones: High Fall Tip 91 Uses of High Fall nuclear tone (1)
Tip 92 Smoothing
Tip 93 The word ending <-en>
Tip 94 /r/ insertion
Tip 95 Spot the nucleus
Tip 96 Transcription exercise
Tip 97 Assimilation (1)
Tip 98 No syllabic /n/, please!
Tip 99 Nuclear tones: low rise
Tip 100 Dictation practice Tip 101 Assimilation (2)
Tip 102 No schwa!
Tip 103 Nuclear tones: Fall-Rise
Tip 104 Disappearing /d/.
Tip 105 Glottal stop
Tip 106 Quiz
Tip 107 Stress and compound adjectives
Tip 108 Assimilation (3)
Tip 109 Consonant sequences involving affricates
Tip 110 No schwa again. Tip 111 Spot the schwa
Tip 112 <-ful>, <-fully>
Tip 113 <ex->
Tip 114 <s> > /Z/
Tip 115 Because
Tip 116 Do-nothing suffixes
Tip 117 Vowel hunt
Tip 118 Vowel hunt
Tip 119 Spelling to sound: <ar>
Tip 120 Find the rhymes Tip 121 Stress in compounds: black
Tip 122 Spelling to sound: <or>
Tip 123 The prefix <pre->
Tip 124 Stress in compounds: off-
Tip 125 Stress in compounds: blue, green, red
Tip 126 The word ending: <-ique>
Tip 127 The word ending: <-ane>
Tip 128 Non-silent <-e>
Tip 129 Combining forms and stress
Tip 130 Some debatable words Tip 131 Stress in compounds: high
Tip 132 <au>
Tip 133 Compounds and stress: top
Tip 134 Compounds and stress: up, down
Tip 135 The word-ending <-ee>
Tip 136 <oo> again
Tip 137 Stress in compounds: out-
Tip 138 Quiz: The ending <-ise>
Tip 139 The prefix <trans->
Tip 140 Names Tip 141 <eo>
Tip 142 Some very odd words
Tip 143 Compounds and stress again
Tip 144 Names: Mc, Mac
Tip 145 Abbreviations
Tip 146 Stress and compounds: old, new
Tip 147 Multiple pronunciations
Tip 148 Error spotting
Tip 149 <con-> <com->
Tip 150 bass Tip 151 Quiz: stress in compounds
Tip 152 The ending -chief
Tip 153 Quiz on s and ss
Tip 154 The word ending -ine
Tip 155 Cathedral
Tip 156 /r/
Tip 157 Transcription exercise
Tip 158 Tricky words
Tip 159 <gh>
Tip 160 Compound adjectives: <-proof>
Tip 161 Compound adjectives: <-worthy>
Tip 162 Perhaps
Tip 163 Schwa deletion in the first syllable
Tip 164 <er> = /A:/
Tip 165 Two-part placenames
Tip 166 Intonation: How to sound reassuring
Tip 167 Quiz on <ough>
Tip 168 <v>
Tip 169 <qu>
Tip 170 It ain't what you say...