let's get started let's take a list
of words ghost
spaghetti straight
enough hi
longhand now if we take a look
at that list the first thing you can
notice
is that the letters gh can be placed
in the beginning of a word in the middle
of a word or at the end of a word
and as you can hear the sound
is different now let's get to it
together
ghost is the first word now
what is the sound what can you hear
what you can hear very clearly is this g
sound ghost it's called
a hard most of the time
when you have the letters g h at the
beginning of a word
it will be pronounced a hard
g the second word
is spaghetti now
the gh is in the middle of the word
and what sound can you hear again
you can hear that very hard g sound
spaghetti so
when gh is in the middle of a word
it is sometimes pronounced
but then if we take the third word
straight again gh is
also in the middle of the word but the
sound is different
it's what we call a silent gh
straight you can't actually hear
anything
okay so sometimes it's
when gh is in the middle of the word
it's silent
now our next example is a very
interesting case
it's the word enough and as you can see
gh is at the end of the word
and what can you hear can you hear a g
sound or a silent gh
well no actually you can hear an f
sound enough
so sometimes with some words in english
gh is placed at the end of the word
and is pronounced f like enough
our next example is the word hi
and again gh is at the end
of a word but the sound
is not an f sound this time
it's a silent gh hi
so sometimes gh placed
at the end of a word is silent
and our very last example was
longhand now with longhand
as you know i'm sure it's a compound
word so it's an association of two
different words
it's a special case so in this case
the sound is not gh the two letters are
separate
because you first have the word long and
then you have the word hand
so you can actually hear both sounds
in a separate way long hand
okay so i hope you remember
when gh is at the beginning of a word
most of the time it's a hard g sound
like
ghost when it's in the middle
most of the time it's silent like
straight
but not all the time we have examples of
a heart g sound like spaghetti
when it's at the end of the word
most of the time it's silent like hi
but not all the time we have example
examples sorry of an f sound like enough
and finally we have compound nouns which
are a special case
okay well let's now
review other words and find out how this
gh
sound is pronounced let's get started
guys
please repeat after me it's very
important
that you practice this first category
is for the hard g sound
spaghetti
aghast
ghost
ghetto
ghoul
ghastly
ghana
afghanistan
let's continue with the f sound this
time
repeat after me enough
cough
laugh
rough
tough
draft and now
let's look at words containing the
silent
gh it's a big list now
listen very carefully and repeat after
me
oh to
drought
thought
slaughter
straight
slay
sigh
thigh
naughty
caught
daughter
ate
height
weight
bright
light
knight
tight high
sigh bought
although
thought
through though
and now a few examples of compound
nouns now because compound nouns
are two separate nouns you can clearly
hear the sounds of the letter g
and the letter h okay
repeat after me foghorn
jughead
long hand
egg head
big headed and finally
let's practice four sentences
now remember be very careful listen
very carefully and try to remember
how these gh sounds are pronounced
repeat after me the ghost
had a light cough
my neighbor had enough spaghetti
his daughter went to the ghetto
at night
we ought to laugh at the neighbor
great job guys one final word i want to
talk to you about
is the word hiccup now most
of the time the word hiccup is spelled
c-u-p okay the american spelling and
it's pronounced
hiccup but if you ever go to the uk
you might see the old british spelling
it's spelled with gh and it's still
pronounced
hiccup it's the same pronunciation it's
the p sound
but the spelling is different so that's
an interesting one
thank you for watching this video i hope
you now have a better sense
of how to pronounce these words
containing the letters g
and h don't hesitate to watch this video
again
and please keep practicing practice
makes perfect
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