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Sigrid explains - Looking at Verbs in The Ugly Duckling - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Sometimes it's hard to know how to pronounce the "-ed" ending of a regular verb in the past tense. Here are plenty of examples, taken from the story of the Ugly Duckling.

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The Alphabet - The Letter R

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

The letter "R" is difficult to pronounce for lots of people, even native speakers. Sigrid shows us how "R" sounds in different kinds of words.

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The Alphabet - The Letter O

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

The letter "O" is a tricky vowel, because there are several ways to pronounce it, both when it's single and when it's double!

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The Alphabet - The Letter K

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

The letter K is easy to pronounce, but there's an important exception when it's combined with one other letter in particular. Can you guess which?

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The Alphabet - The Letter A - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Sigrid explains a third way to pronounce the letter "A." For the first two ways, see Sigrid explains: the letter A - Part 1 of 4.

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The Alphabet - The Letter A - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Sigrid uses common household objects to explain two ways to pronounce the letter A.

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S.O.S. pronunciation - woman-women - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Here's how to pronounce a very important noun with an unusual plural!

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The Alphabet - Introduction to the Alphabet

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Sigrid introduces her series on English pronunciation and tells us why there isn't always just one "right" way to pronounce words.

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Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 9

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

To get from eastern Long Island to the city, travelers and commuters have to go through Queens, so this borough naturally became a very important transit hub, with Jamaica at its center. It also became crisscrossed with many expressways for vehicles.

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Caption 48 [en]: As we know, Americans pronounce and spell foreign names in different ways,
Caption 48 [en]: As we know, Americans pronounce and spell foreign names in different ways,

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Slow News with Sigrid - Climate Change and the Mississippi River - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

The Mississippi River is one of the most important rivers in the world, but because of climate change, it is drying up at the moment, and that means trouble.

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Caption 24 [en]: I probably didn't pronounce those correctly.
Caption 24 [en]: I probably didn't pronounce those correctly.

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Sigrid explains - Looking at Verbs in The Ugly Duckling - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Sigrid looks at the regular and irregular verbs in part one of her rendition of The Ugly Duckling. As you listen, you can pause whenever necessary in order to practice the pronunciation of the conjugated verbs.

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Caption 11 [en]: Number one: We do not pronounce the E.
Caption 11 [en]: Number one: We do not pronounce the E.

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Sigrid - Enough is Enough - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Lots of English words can serve as nouns, verbs, or adjectives depending on the context. Sometimes even the pronunciation changes. Let's look at the slogan "Black Lives Matter" in both a grammatical and historical context.

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Caption 14 [en]: And we don't know how to pronounce things all the time.
Caption 14 [en]: And we don't know how to pronounce things all the time.

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Sigrid explains - Numbers - Part 3

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Dates are usually expressed with ordinal numbers. Sometimes, though, what we write is different from what we say.

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Caption 21 [en]: but we pronounce it like an ordinal number.
Caption 21 [en]: but we pronounce it like an ordinal number.

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The Alphabet - The Letter Z

Difficulty: Newbie

USA Northeast

Sigrid finishes the alphabet with "Z," covering words like "zone" and "zebra," but also the useful suffix "-ize."

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Caption 20 [en]: We pronounce "Z" like a voiced "S." The teeth are together,
Caption 20 [en]: We pronounce "Z" like a voiced "S." The teeth are together,

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The Alphabet - The Letter X

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

"X" is a special letter in that we often use it by itself. It's useful in a lot of situations. In the middle of a word, however, it can be pronounced in a few different ways.

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Caption 49 [en]: Sometimes we pronounce "X" like a "G," as in the word "exit," the way out.
Caption 49 [en]: Sometimes we pronounce "X" like a "G," as in the word "exit," the way out.

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