A20:30
The 'th' sound
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Final clusters (-sts, -sks, -lths)
Pronunciation · B2 · 30 sec
Your prompt
Say this aloud, focusing on the highlighted sounds.
Say it slowly first, then again at a natural speed. We check the words came through clearly — this is not a phoneme test.
Reference
He asks about the costs, the risks and the twelfths of the month he still owes.
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A few things to cover
- •Say every consonant, lightly: 'asks' = /a-s-k-s/
- •'twelfths' is famously hard — take it slowly
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