Do you have trouble pronouncing some common words in English?

One reason might be that, in some popular English words, we don’t say all the sounds. Native speakers don’t say all words the way they are written. Instead, we drop syllables.

For example, the word “interesting” has 4 syllables when you look at the written form: “in-te-re-sting.” However, we don’t pronounce them all when we speak.

A North American speaker says “in-tre-sting” with only 3 syllables.

It’s strange to hear anybody say “in-te-re-sting.”

Answer the question on each of the slides. Then check your answers below.

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Answers:

“Chocolate” is pronounced “choc-late.” “Different” is pronounced “diff-rent.” And “aspirin” is pronounced “as-prin.”