{"id":11215,"date":"2024-10-20T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=11215"},"modified":"2024-10-20T13:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:23:22","slug":"commonly-mispronounced-words-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/commonly-mispronounced-words-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pronounce 5 word endings CORRECTLY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Lsla81Ur-I?si=vSlcOFCiwcZDl3Bt?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/american-english-pronunciation-course-and-shadowing-with-shayna\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>American English Pronunciation Course<\/strong><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-5-day-pronunciation-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large green\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Free Pronunciation Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Words ending in\u00a0OUS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>ous<\/strong>\u00a0at the end of these words sounds like\u00a0<strong>iss.\u00a0<\/strong>It does not sound like &#8220;house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pronunciation Practice: <\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mispronounced-words-OUS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mispronounced-words-OUS.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mispronounced-words-OUS.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>famous, various, serious, nervous, obvious, previous, religious, victorious<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Words ending in\u00a0TION<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>tion\u00a0<\/strong>sounds like\u00a0<strong>shin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pronunciation Practice: <\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mispronounced-words-TION.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mispronounced-words-TION.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mispronounced-words-TION.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>association, definition, population, promotion, section, solution, tradition<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Words ending in\u00a0ATE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In some words ending in\u00a0<strong>ate<\/strong>\u00a0(usually verbs),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>it sounds like the word\u00a0<strong>eight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pronunciation Practice:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ATE-1.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ATE-1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ATE-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>accelerate, initiate, concentrate, simulate, fascinate,\u00a0hallucinate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In other words ending in\u00a0<strong>ate\u00a0<\/strong>(usually nouns\/adjectives), it sounds like\u00a0<strong>et<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pronunciation Practice:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ATE-2.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ATE-2.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ATE-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>private, adequate, candidate, delicate, desperate, certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some words can be both:<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-separate.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-separate.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-separate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>separate (v. \/ n.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-associate.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-associate.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-associate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>associate (v. \/ n.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-graduate.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-graduate.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-graduate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>graduate (v. \/ n.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-alternate.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-alternate.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-alternate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>alternate \u00a0(v. \/ adj.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-9\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-estimate.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-estimate.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-estimate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>estimate (v. \/ n.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Words ending in\u00a0ANCE and ENCE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We do not usually make a distinction in the pronunciation of ANCE and ENCE endings. They both sound like ENCE.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pronunciation Practice:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-10\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ENCE.mp3?_=10\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ENCE.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ENCE.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>absence, violence, experience, conference,\u00a0evidence, influence, obedience<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pronunciation Practice:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-11\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ANCE.mp3?_=11\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ANCE.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-ANCE.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>attendance, balance, distance, entrance, resistance, performance, importance<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Exceptions: <\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"height:40px!important; margin-bottom:20px;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11215-12\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-exceptions.mp3?_=12\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-exceptions.mp3\">https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mispronounced-words-exceptions.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><strong>finance, advance, chance,\u00a0glance, trance (one-syllable words)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Speak English more clearly &amp; confidently!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/american-english-pronunciation-course-and-shadowing-with-shayna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9962 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aepc-sws.png\" alt=\"American English Pronunciation Course\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/american-english-pronunciation-course-and-shadowing-with-shayna\/\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\"><strong>Learn more about the Pronunciation Course<\/strong><\/a><\/center>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American English Pronunciation Course Free Pronunciation Challenge Words ending in\u00a0OUS The ous\u00a0at the end of these words sounds like\u00a0iss.\u00a0It does not sound like &#8220;house.&#8221; Pronunciation Practice: famous, various, serious, nervous, obvious, previous, religious, victorious Words ending in\u00a0TION The\u00a0tion\u00a0sounds like\u00a0shin. 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