Name: 10 MOST DIFFICULT ENGLISH ADJECTIVES | Pronunciation Lesson
Uploaded: 2018-08-10T00:04:02.000Z
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Now I have to admit that I'm a huge fan of adjectives.

Adverbs of manner

but they are such a beautiful part of any language.

They allow you to go into detail, to add colour, flavour

and personality to all of your thoughts and your ideas.

One of the most noticeable differences between

intermediate level English speakers and advanced ones

Because yes, you can add meaning to your sentences

like 'happy' or 'sad' or 'nice' or 'bored'

Your English can be much more colourful than that,

Using a wider range of adjectives will help you to

be more expressive, to show emotions and feelings

and to sound more interesting when you use English.

So if you need to refresh your memory about

how to use adjectives in English sentences,

But right now, I've got ten adjectives for you

because they're adjectives that English learners

There's a few silent letters, some strange vowel sounds,

different pronunciation of the same letter

By the end of this lesson, you're going to have

You're going to be saying them much more confidently

Now if you haven't heard this word pronounced before,

Of course, you know that in English, a C can sometimes

they look at this word and take a guess and say

you would pronounce it that way but actually,

each C in this word is pronounced differently

/s/ sound at the start of the second syllable.

syllable in this word and that's why you hear it

while the first syllable is short and lower in pitch.

throughout the word family. Success, successful,

And as frustrating as it is, that the same letter

is pronounced differently in the same word,

just accept it, practise it, remember it.

So 'successful' is used when someone achieves

They're really happy and they're satisfied with the result.

We've had quite a successful year so far.

Anxious. Are you anxious looking at this one?

There are three consonant sounds here together

In the first syllable, the stressed syllable,

And that consonant sound is usually made by the letters

So my mouth is open slightly when I make this sound

and the back of my tongue is right up at the soft palate

For the second syllable, you'll hear the /k/

So you're pushing that air through your mouth

Pretend you're like a superhero fighting a monster.

And the following vowel sound will be unstressed,

So this adjective is usually used to describe a person

and it's to do with their emotions or their feelings.

An anxious person is worried or nervous because

they think that something bad might happen.

I'm feeling really anxious about my interview tomorrow.

My friend doesn't like flying so he's always

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10 MOST DIFFICULT ENGLISH ADJECTIVES | Pronunciation Lesson

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