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Silent Consonant: B

Written By Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation on Friday, Dec 06, 2019 | 10:39 AM

 
AUDIO QUIZ: https://evaeaston.com/silent-consonant-b/#quiz Silent consonants are letters that are written but not pronounced. In this video we practice words with silent B. Silent B: you see written B but you don't say it. Where do we find silent B? We find silent b in a small number of words: -mb at end of word bomb, climb, comb, catacomb, crumb, dumb, numb, thumb, lamb, limb, womb, tomb, to plumb , a plumb line, plumb crazy, to succumb, a door jamb, a dithyramb -mb + suffixes bombs, bombed, bombing, bomber climbs , climbed, climbing, climber plumber, plumbing -bt debt, debts, indebted, debtor b is pronounced when in separate syllables -mb am-bition, am-bulance, bam-boo, bom-bard, bumblebee, combine, crumble, Dumbo, lumber, number, symbol, tomboy, umbrella, scramble, tremble, nimble, thimble, crumble, stumble, tumble, September -bt ob-tain, sub-total RELATED Silent Consonant LESSONS: Silent B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOhFj3w6fvU&feature=youtu.be Silent GH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLoVmleVBN0 Silent L: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa7RNZcwOEI Silent S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUwh7nW4Z9A Silent T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epxh-uziF4M Silent W: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdC_iLvK3U8