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𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝘾𝙇𝙐𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙎

A consonant cluster is a group of consonant sounds that come together in a word or phrase.

When two or more consonants occur in a word and there is no intervention of a vowel._𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘙.𝘖𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘙 𝘐𝘡𝘌𝘠𝘖𝘙 𝘐𝘠𝘖𝘏𝘈

A consonant cluster in a word is a group of consonants with no vowels between them. The longest possible cluster in English is three consonant sounds at the start, such as 'splash', and four at the end, as in 'twelfths'.

Example
The tongue twister 'The sixth twisty crisp' has several consonant clusters in it, making it difficult to pronounce.

_ 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭.

These consonant sounds can appear at the beginning, middle or at the end of words.

When you have them at the beginning of words, it is called initial, when it is found at the middle, it is called medial, and the one that appears at the end of words is called final.

Some words have consonant letters together, but they are not consonant clusters.

𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀:

Why

Phlegm

Phone

Text

Glimpsed.

Note:To know if a word has a consonant cluster, it has to do with the sounds(pronunciation), not the spellings.

You have to understand (IPA) international Phonetics Alphabet).

Consonant clusters deal with word pronunciation, not spellings.

𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨.

Broom, school, class, break, bank, thank, clap, Crop, Jumped, Paths, Cast, Bread, Breakfast, Broom, Brisk, Brain, Bracket, Brush, Brim, cluster, cloister, clip, clown, clothes, clamp, close, clear, clever, class etc.

Consonant clusters can also be called consonant blends.

Two, three or more consonant sounds can be together in a word. Examples:

1. Street

2. Cream

3. Jumped.

The first and second word has 2 consonant clusters while the last word has 3 consonant
cluster.
Jumped is pronounced Jumpt /dʒʌmpt/.

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨?

Digraphs are two letters that make one sound while consonant clusters are made up of two or more consonant sounds together in a word.

𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙨

𝐚𝐢 _rain

,𝐞𝐞 _see

𝐢𝐞, _tie

𝐨𝐚 _goat

𝐮𝐞 _fuel

,𝐬𝐡 _ shop

𝐰𝐫_write

𝐜𝐤 Clock

𝐩𝐡 Elephant 🐘

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

access & accent – access /ˈæk.ses/, accent /ˈæk.sənt/

quality & quantity – quality /ˈkwɒ.lə.ti/, quantity /ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/

expect & expire – expect /ɪkˈspekt/, expire /ɪkˈspaɪ.jə/

exaggerate & executive – exaggerate /ɪɡˈzæ.dʒə.reɪt/, executive /ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv/.

Write any other consonant cluster words you know in the comment section.

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10 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐋𝐘.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬❓

A combination of vowel sounds or vowel letters, for example, the sound /eɪ/ day /deɪ/ or the letter ou in doubt. _ Advance Oxford Dictionary.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, "𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠"?

Diphthong comes from the Greek word diphthongos which means "having two sounds." Notice the di- for "double." So diphthongs are double vowel sounds in words like chair, fear, or pout.

If two vowels in a row are the same, as in boot or beer, then it's not a diphthong. Linguists, scholars who study language, analyze diphthongs, which differ from language to language.

Ironically, the word diphthong has no diphthongs. _ vocabulary.com

In french it is called diphtongue. This comes from the late middle English.

🎙️1. Diphthongs are double vowel sounds that must be pronounced with movement or glide.

🎙️2. It must be pronounced with two mouth shapes.

To pronounce diphthongs, your mouth shape must move from one vowel to another.

🎙️3. The first vowel must be pronounced stronger, and longer, than the second vowel sound. eg /eɪ/will sound like eeeeey as in /e/ as in egg and /ɪ/ ink.

🎙️4. The following letter names must be pronounced like /eɪ/ at the beginning, not like the shout vowel /ɪ/.

👉1. A /eɪ/

👉2. H /eɪtʃ/

These letter names must be pronounced like /eɪ/ (ey) at the end, not like the short vowel /ɪ/

👉3. J /dʒeɪ/

👉4. K./keɪ/

🎙️5. Letter I and Y have the /aɪ/ sound.

I /aɪ/

Y. /waɪ/.

🎙️6. Letter O is pronounced exactly like /əʊ/

🎙️7. The total number of diphthongs are 8, although there is a small number of words with /ʊə/ sound.

🎙️8. 3 easiest ways to remember diphthongs

1. Ending ə

ɪə. ear, bear

eə. Parent, cairn

ʊə. poor, moor

Numerous speakers pronounce /ɔː/ in place of /ʊə/

2. Ending ɪ

eɪ. day, face .paint.

This vowel must always start with the first

/e/ as in egg.

/aɪ/. time, light, tie.

The first vowel sound is quite similar to /ʌ/ in the word cut, enough, sun.

/ ɔɪ/ toy, coil, voice.

The first sound of this diphthong must be pronounced with the long vowel /ɔː/ as in or in morning, norm, and fork.

3. Ending ʊ

/ əʊ/ go, so, home. vote

The first vowel in this sound, is the most common sound in English, as a result of that, it has a special name, which is called schwa. (əw) The lips will be slightly rounded in anticipation of the glide towards /ʊ/

There is quite noticeable lip-rounding

/ aʊ/ how, now brow, cow🐂



🎙️9. Don't pronounce the diphthongs like the pure vowel sounds(A vowel which remains constant and does not glide. _ Peter Roach)The two vowels must be heard, just like how B and L will be pronounced separately in black. (It must be heard like consonant blend/cluster)

🎙️ 10. As a foreign learner, you must always remember that the last part of English diphthongs must not be too strong.

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Did you know there are maths in English?

In fluent speech, native speakers often subtract (omitted/elision ) and add sounds which makes what they are saying easier and faster.

Many people often found it difficult to understand the English native speakers because of this sound addition and subtraction.

I remember the first time I met Gilbert Jolly (the son of Christopher Jolly founder Jolly Learning). He spoke with the math of English by omitting a sound from he said to me.

Did you want to know what he said?

Gilbert said It's nice to mee yuh.

Initially, I found it difficult to comprehend what he meant by meeyuh.

With my skills in spoken English math, I was able to decode MEEYUH. which is meet you.

I know you finding t difficult to understand English native speakers.

Don't be worried, I've come to help you overcome the listening challenge.

Here are 3 Powerful Tips to Understand English Native Speakers Easily And Speak With Confidence And Clarity.

1. N+P = M : Whenever a word ended with the sound "n" and the sound " p" comes immediately after it, the sound "n" will change to "M".
Example: Green Park will change to Greempark
I live in Paris will change to livimParis.

2. Listen to English Podcasts/News and watch English Films, with your preferred accent. (mine is RP)

3 subscribe to my Youtube channel https://youtube.com/ for more pronunciation lessons.

You can also join my pronunciation course. How To Master English Pronunciation In 7 Days

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𝑰𝑫𝑰𝑶𝑴𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑷𝑯𝑹𝑨𝑺𝑨𝑳 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑺 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑫𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐈

NOBODY WAITED ON HILDA BACI WHILE SHE WAS COOKING.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬👇 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝.


WAIT ON SOMEONE: To serve someone.

She waited on customers all day at the department store.

TO WAIT ON THE TABLE(Prepositional phrase)
This refers to an instruction to wait near the dining table for instructions or to be ready for service.
Sentence
A diner was told to wait on the table for the waiter to wait on him.

TO WAIT FOR. This refers to remaining in one place or being ready for something to happen or arrive such as waiting for a friend to arrive or a package to be delivered.

Wait at/on tables: to serve meals to people in a restaurant.
Sentence
She waited tables to pay for college.
Wait at tables (, British formal)
to serve food or drink as a waiter or waitress
Wait on (, phrasal verb of wait)
1. Serve food or drink to someone in a restaurant, cafe, bar, etc.
Sentence
She was the waitress who usually waited on him at the cafe
2. Act as attendance to someone.
Sentence
A maid was appointed to wait on her.

Wait on someone/something (, phrasal verb)
To serve food and drink, especially to a customer in a restaurant.
Sentence
The staff who waited on us at dinner were excellent.
She waited on tables (, served meals as a job) to earn some extra money.

Wait on someone:To do everything for someone so that, that person does not have to do anything for himself/herself.


SENTENCE

Nobody waited on Hilda while she was cooking. 🧑‍🍳

Her husband waited on her 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕 while she was pregnant. (hand and foot: did everything for her)

Wait on something (phrasal verb)
To wait until you know the result of an activity before doing or deciding something:

Nigerians are waiting on Guinness confirmation on Hilda's cooking 🍳 marathon(cookathon).
The layers are waiting on the jury's verdict


Form any sentence with WAIT ON, WAIT AT, and WAIT AT THE TABLE.

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No accent is inferior, but you can adopt any accent you love ❤️ because your present accent /voice is not your real voice. You've lost your real voice since you were 2-3 years old. You are speaking right now with the voice/accent you acquired from your environment. You can polish your speaking skills if you understand and master the vocal posture of the accent you'd like to adopt.

I know you might be wondering how it is possible for you to change your voice or adopt your preferred accent.

To know if you can change your voice or not answer this question.

How will you sound if hot water mistakenly spilt on you?

How do you sound when you are speaking to a baby? What type of voice do you use?

How do you sound when you are speaking with your boss?

How will you sound if you are in the library?

How do you sound when you are speaking to your spouse, fiance, girlfriend, or boyfriend on the phone?

How do you sound when you see something that scares you?
How will you sound when you see the pepper seller you've been looking for, in your street?

How do you sound while speaking in your bedroom? what type of voice do you use?

How do you sound at midnight, especially if the place is silent?

How do you speak with your spouse, fiance, boyfriend, or girlfriend on the phone?

How do you speak when you are in the library?

How do you sound when you see that pepper seller you've been looking for, in your street?

Those changes in your voice are examples of vocal archetypes.

If you are using the same voice and emotion in each situation you can't change your voice but if you can't, you can adopt any accent you love which won't stop you from using your first language accent when you need to.

You can switch your accent anytime depending on your audience.

𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙄𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩, " 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙙" 𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙙"?

In the end VS At the end

Using in the end and at the end can be a little hard to use as an English language learner or native speaker.

Try this formula

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙

In the end: Finally.

The final result or outcome.

In summary or conclusion.

In the end, is an idiomatic expression which refers to the eventual outcome or conclusion of a situation after everything has happened or is being considered.

It is used to describe what finally happens after a process or period of time.

Example:

1. I was up by 2 am recording a video but in the end, I deleted it.

2. People will always demand your time and energy, but in the end, you have to decide what is best for yourself.

3. At first she couldn’t understand English, but with great effort, she became fluent in the end.

4. She went to thirty job interviews but got her dream job in the end.

To be clearer, ask yourself this question.

What happened after everything?"

In Fairy Tales, the princess always marries the frog in the end. (Meaning: The princess marries the frog after some problems or difficulties).

At the end
𝘼𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙

The physical end of a place or thing.

At the end, refers to a particular point in time or physical location that is situated at the conclusion of something.

At the end is commonly used as a prepositional phrase that refers to a specific time or location.

meaning: the point where something ends (a day, a movie, a conversation, a news article, or anything else, “at the end” refers to the specific point where something finishes.

Example:

1. She lives at the end of the street.

2. The proprietor pays his employees at the end of every month.

3. I was at the end of the line.

In Fairy Tales, the princess always marries the frog at the end. (Meaning: the marriage happens in the final pages of the book).

In the end, is used to talk about general "end" zone:the summary or conclusion. On the other hand, At the end refers to a specific time or location which must be followed by the preposition OF.

Quite
Choose the correct answer in the option below.
You are free to choose two.
1
a. At the end, I was tired 😴
b. In the end of the day, I was tired
c. In the end, I was tired.
d. At the end of the day I was tired.

2.
a. At the end, I was happy how we studied in the end of the day

b. In the end, I was happy how we studied at the end of the day.

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What's your greatest fear in communication?

What's your greatest fear in English?

Mine was English spellings and the fear of facing the crowd.

I could remember when I was in primary school.

Whenever my class teacher reads to us in class, she always calls one of the learners out to also read for the class.

My problem wasn't the reading because I used to read to my friends after the teacher had completed the reading period.

One day, after the teacher's reading, she called on a student to read for the class.

Guess who she called?

Yes, I was the one she called.

Omo come and see the way I was shaking like leave.

On my way to the front, the class was clapping and my friends were chanting my name. Tunde! Tunde! Tunde!

when I finally got there I was already soaked with my sweat and when I started reading my voice was skipping like CD📀 and each word was coming out with tears 😭.

As a result of the scenario my class teacher didn't leave me, she kept encouraging me and also invited my dad on how they can both help the innocent genius guy.

After some days, my dad bought me a radio, 📻 bigger than the Palito(a radio brand in 'the 90s) my mate uses then. I was elated but he told me to be using it to listen to news.

I was like NEWS! News ke!

He also brought out some books which looked very colourful. So whenever he is at home, he will sit on the bed 🛌 and tells me to stay afar from him by reading 📖 out loud for him.

It was very boring initially, but my dad always rewarded my younger brother and me after reading, by giving us biscuits, money, and sometimes Blonblo elejo(a long balloon like a snake) which made it more exciting.

The second thing my dad does was that whenever he observed I'm having challenge with a word, he will get 2A exercise book, then use the word I'm struggling to spell to form a sentence by writing it in the 2A exercise book and then instructed me to write it from the beginning of the book to the middle and sometimes to the end if he wanted to punish
me.

Lastly, he will always tell me to interpret what the newscasters are saying in Yoruba language for him.
My dad wasn't a professional teacher. He was a great teacher, son of Baba teacher, a grammarian, and a CR crime recorder at Nigeria 🇳🇬 Police Force.

He was only 39 years old when died.😭

May Almighty Allah grant him Al Jannah Firdaus.

I miss you, dad.

Omotapa leepe
Omo otoro be toro abe
Omo onisu mo loungunyan...

Kindly help me say a prayer for my dad and my teacher.
He is my hero.

Do let me know your greatest fear in English and what you've learnt in the story by dropping it in the comment section.

Thanks for reading.

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