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NG sound words

NG spells one sound, made at the back of the mouth with air escaping through the nose. In most words no G is pronounced at all: singer has no hard G, while finger does, because the G belongs to a different part of the word. Listen for the clean nasal ending with no click after it.


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Heart, hungry, behind: the breathy H that many languages drop. Practise keeping it audible.
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The heavy L at the end of full, milk and people. A different sound from the L in the word light.
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Strength, twelfths, sixths: dense consonant runs with no vowel to help. Hear them said cleanly.
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Pin or bin, pat or bat. English P has a puff of air that B does not. Hear the pairs contrasted.
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Giant, judge, general: when G sounds like J. Learn the rule and hear it applied.
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What, where, who, whole: the WH spelling covers three different sounds. Hear which is which.
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To read the rules behind these words, see the pronunciation guides — including silent letters, word stress and American vs British. Or hear each accent on its own page: American, British, Australian.