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How Do You Pronounce?
ballet
listen
cupboard
island
sword

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Here is the answer

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ballet
/ˈbæleɪ/
listen
/ˈlɪsn/
cupboard
/ˈkʌbəd/
island
/ˈaɪlənd/
sword
/sɔːd/

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So Why?
It is because these English words contain some silent letters, which are not pronounced.

e.g, island has S silent when pronounced, and becomes /ˈaɪlənd/.

In listen, we have T unpronounced, to become /ˈlɪsn/

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How to Memorize?
Only some words with silent letters that we have to memorize. Remaining ones will follow some rules easily to remember.

e.g K is not pronounced when it comes before N at the beginning of a word.
Formula: kn- → /n-/
e.g: knock → /nɒk/

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already
/ɔːl'rɛdɪ/
/ɔl'rɛdɪ/
bear
/bɛ:/
/bɛr/
bread
/brɛd/
/brɛd/
breakfast
/ˈbrɛkfəst/
/ˈbrɛkfəst/
breath
/brɛθ/
/brɛθ/
dead
/dɛd/
/dɛd/
deadly
/ˈdɛdli/
/ˈdɛdli/
deaf
/dɛf/
/dɛf/
feather
/ˈfɛðə/
/ˈfɛðər/
head
/hɛd/
/hɛd/
health
/hɛlθ/
/hɛlθ/
healthy
/ˈhɛlθi/
/ˈhɛlθi/
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