Beach or bitch?

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Pronunciation is a crucial part of learning any language. Some would even argue that it’s the most important. It doesn’t matter how much you know about the grammar rules if your pronunciation is so terrible that people can’t understand you.

Are you one of the many English learners who mix up the pronunciation of the two words: BITCH and BEACH? Do not feel bad about yourself because most nonnative speakers find differentiating the two nearly impossible! Chinese do not have these two sounds, so when reading the word beach people intuitively pronounce it like bitch. Mastering the I in “bitch" is going to take training both your ears and your mouth.

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A
achieve   agree  appeal
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B
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between bleach bleak bleat bleed beep breathe breed breeze brief
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C
) d# d9 `2 p( z/ V, w( }9 Hcease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

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deal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream


E
' Y' ^' V8 q7 u5 [% N7 xeach eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed
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F
& e5 B0 `: l) @& r) Mfeast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze
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geese genie gleam glean grease glee greed green greet guarantee
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/ m! ?" {/ a9 a! xhe heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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I
increase indeed
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J
jeans jeep

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keel keen keep knead knee kneel

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% v1 t# C* A( R! M# ]$ w, ~leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave


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me
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mean
measles
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meek
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N
% C6 k. g5 w" b+ z. R, y7 |need
! ^: k# Q7 J$ V* H/ q! @8 ^needle
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O
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P
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peace
peach
peal
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peat
peek
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peer
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plea
plead
please
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preach
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preen
priest

Q
queasy
queen

R
reach
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real
really
reap
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" W) H0 M. _- E1 Lrecede
redeem
reed
reef
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relief
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repeat
6 T* ~; K: h5 Pretreat
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S
scene
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screen
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seam
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see
seed
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seem
seen
seep
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she
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sheath
sheep
sheer
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sleep
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sneer
sneeze
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speech
speed
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squeal
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steal
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stream
street
succeed
sweep
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teach
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team
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tease
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teen
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theme
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tree
tweed
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veal
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weak
wean
weary
weasel
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weep
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wheel
wheeze
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wreath
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yield

Z
zeal

billzhao

bin, bid, big, bit, dim, did, dig, dip, fin, fig, fit, gin, gig, him, his, hid, hit, hip, jib, Jim, jig, jip, kin, Kim, kid, kit, lid, lit, lip, nip, pin, pig, pit, rim, rid, rig, rip, sin, sit, sip, tin, tip, win, wit, zip, zit

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