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0:02And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about the ‘Silent B’ letter in English.
0:09Now, there are many words containing the letter B
0:13And sometimes, for some reason, this B is silent.
0:19Now, let's take a few examples.
0:22First, we have the word ‘climb’.
0:28You can see it when you spell the word,
0:31it ends with the letter ‘B’.
0:35Listen to me.
‘climb’.
0:38No, you can't.
You can't hear the letter ‘B’.
0:41Because it's a silent 'B’.
0:46would be the word ‘bomb’.
0:49I know you're thinking of the spelling.
0:52There's a ‘B’ at the end of this word.
0:54But again, it's a silent B.
0:58In fact, most of the time in English,
when a short word ends with the letters ‘mb',
1:15Most of my students pronounce it ‘debt’.
1:19Because they know the spelling of the word
1:21and there's a ‘b’ before this ‘t’.
1:24But it's a silent B, guys.
1:26It's not pronounced, so you actually say ‘Det’.
1:32Now for longer words, again, the letter ‘B’
1:37is sometimes silent, not always.
1:41For example, if I say the word ‘plumber’,
1:47It's not pronounced ‘plum-ber'.
It's spelled with a ‘B’, but the ‘B’ is silent.
1:53But, if I say the word ‘crumble’,
1:58the ‘b’ is not silent.
2:00You can clearly hear the sound ‘b’, ‘crumble’.
2:05So it's not always silent.
2:09Another example would be the word ‘subtle’.
2:13Now ‘subtle’ is spelled with a ‘B’,
but the ‘B’ is silent.
2:19Unlike the word ‘subtext‘, ‘subtext’
is spelled with a ‘B’,
2:25but the ‘B’ is pronounced.
2:29I know English is a difficult language,
but you will make it, guys.
2:34It's just about practice.
2:36So let's practice together, shall we?
2:38I've got a list of the most common words containing the silent B.
2:43So let's not focus on rules.
2:46Let's just practice saying those words until
you actually get used to their pronunciation.
2:53Let's start.
Please repeat after me.
3:52Let's now move on to sentences.
3:56‘The plumber worked in the tomb.’
4:05‘His thumb was numb.’
4:11‘I doubt he has debt.’
4:17‘The lamb ate the crumb.’
4:25Thank you very much for watching the video.
4:27These were the most common words containing the silent B.
4:31I hope you will remember the list.
4:34Don't hesitate to watch the video again,
and please keep practicing.
4:40Practice makes perfect.
4:41Thank you very much and see you in other videos.
