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
/ i, v' |6 _) y9 Cbe  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
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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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D
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E
each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

F
feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze
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G
: P2 ~$ H0 `' W, V  G! k" dgeese genie gleam glean grease glee greed green greet guarantee

H
he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel

I
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jeans jeep

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keel keen keep knead knee kneel
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$ a0 I" C( u# N( D7 Lleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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M
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meal
mean
measles
meat
meek
meet
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N
need
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niece

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ordeal

P
pea
peace
peach
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peep
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piece
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please
pleat
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precede
preen
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Q
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read
real
really
reap
reason
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redeem
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reel
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repeat
retreat
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screen
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seam
sear
season
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seem
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seep
seesaw
seethe
she
sheaf
sheath
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sheer
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shield
shriek
siege
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sleep
sleet
sleeve
smear
sneak
sneer
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speak
species
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speed
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squeeze
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steep
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street
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sweet
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teak
team
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teeth
theme
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three
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treat
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tree
tweed
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veal
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weak
wean
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weave
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weak
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weird
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wheel
wheeze
wield
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Y
yeast
yield

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billzhao

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