That’s why listening and repeating is so important. There ARE some pronunciation patterns… but there are also exceptions to those patterns! Some letters and combinations of letters have multiple different pronunciations, and you can’t know which one to use just by reading the word you need to hear the word. There aren’t strict pronunciation rules that you could memorize and always know exactly how words are pronounced – it’s just not possible. One very frustrating thing about the English language is that the pronunciation is irregular. We'll work on pairs of words with confusing pronunciation - in which the same combinations of letters are pronounced differently. 👉 Learn more inside the Everyday English Speaking Course: When you take my Everyday English Speaking Course, you’ll become much better prepared to speak English in any situation in daily life – so you can handle things calmly and confidently without panicking because you don’t know the right words to say.Ĭome join the Everyday English Speaking Course – it’s my most popular course because it’s so practical and useful.

When you’re in a difficult or stressful situation, it can be even harder to speak English while you’re nervous or upset – but when you know the right phrases to use, it becomes much easier! I hope you don’t experience any of these things if you have a trip in the near future… but if you do, now you know some English expressions for describing them. Today we’ll learn some phrases you can use to talk about bad travel experiences and problems that can happen on a trip.

Have you ever missed your flight? (Remember that in English we say 'I missed my flight' and not 'I lost my flight')

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