Study this 👇 and never make these pronunciation mistakes again:

1. Mb - b is always silent

Climbing

Comb

Thumb

Bomb

Lamb

Dumb

Tomb

Numb

Limb

2. “Ough” can be pronounced in many ways, most commonly (“af”, “ou” or “au”)

Cough

Rough

Tough

Drought

Plough

Borough (area) (e.g. boroughs of New York: - Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan etc.)

Thorough

Though

Although

Practice:

1. Although I was afraid to come off as dumb, I decided to ask my question about droughts.

2. I don’t like lamb. It tastes too rough

3. It’s so cold. I’m getting numb and can’t feel my limbs

4. She combed her hair before going rock climbing

5. We did thorough research on all New York’s boroughs

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