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How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.

Learning English Vocabulary

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How to Pronounce Words That Start With the Letters C, E

Cinema is an important word in the show today because we spell it with a letter C, but we pronounce it with a s sound. A lot of words that start with the letter C are pronounced with a k sound - like cake and crime. But most words thatstart with the letters C, I arepronounced with a s sounds. Words like cinema, cigarette, circus were all written with this sound. We had celebrate, centimetre and ceiling as our second rule. And perhaps you spotted our third rule in that last clip. Listen to this clip and see if you can spot those words. Yes, well done, if you've already noticed that words like cycle and cyber

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