Beach or bitch?

billzhao

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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be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
between bleach bleak bleat bleed beep breathe breed breeze brief

C
cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

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E
each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

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feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze

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increase indeed
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( k5 H# P- r& z6 bjeans jeep
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. x: n7 f) n( J* ?0 Fkeel keen keep knead knee kneel

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leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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M
me
meal
mean
measles
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meek
meet
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need
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niece

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ordeal
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peach
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peak
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peat
peek
peel
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peer
piece
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please
pleat
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# S# t* A( q! E5 apriest
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queasy
queen

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real
really
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+ r3 Z# x" `1 `; S4 Preason
3 W' s4 z4 b3 Rrecede
redeem
( @1 Q" n' b/ \: H1 W6 x8 D6 Nreed
6 @0 j/ l& B; o$ C" u5 Ireef
reel
release
relief
relieve
repeat
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reveal
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scene
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seal
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season
seat
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seek
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seen
seep
seesaw
seethe
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sheaf
sheath
sheep
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sheet
shield
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sleeve
smear
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speak
species
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speed
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squeeze
5 R( \2 O1 r3 _- v' Y* Lsteal
steam
steel
steep
steeple
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stream
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sweep
sweet
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teach
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tear
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teem
teen
teeth
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three
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treat
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tree
tweed
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veal
W
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wean
weary
weasel
weave
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weep
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wheeze
wield
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yeast
yield

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billzhao

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