How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'

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How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'

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May 23, 2022

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Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?

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May 23, 2022

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Commonly misspelled words: Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Similar words: We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Compound adjectives: Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates). by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives from names: Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Academic Vocabulary: Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Discourse Markers: Interjections: Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Hyphenation: Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool." by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Male and female job words: Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs: To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Synonyms: Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Contractions: "I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Lexical sets: Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Binomials: Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes: Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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-ing and -ed adjectives: Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives and adverbs: Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Irregular verbs 2: Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes -sion -tion -tian: "I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Multi-word verbs: Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Prefixes: Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes! by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Onomatopoeia: Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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New words: 'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence: ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Chunks of language: Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjective order: This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Job suffixes: What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-: Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives and adverbs: Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Academic vocabulary: Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Phrases from Shakespeare: We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives from names: We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Large numbers: How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion: Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Discourse Markers: Interjections: Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Commonly misspelled words: Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward! by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Linking words: Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Words with more than one spelling: Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned? by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Discourse markers: showing attitude: fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence: ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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False friends: Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Words with 'ough': Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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