bow
with an ending sound similar to cow
or low
? Both are correct, but each has a different meaning! In this lesson, you’ll learn the pronunciations of bow
and sets of words that end with -atch
, and -ough
. To speak correctly in English, you have to learn and memorize common vocabulary. I’m going to teach you to pronounce some common words that English students often make mistakes with. I’ll give you definitions so that you can expand your vocabulary and learn to speak correctly at the same time. Some of these words are homophones
—words that are spelled differently but sound the same. You’ll also see homonyms
—words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Know them all? Take the quiz to see if you have learned the meaning, spelling, and pronunciation of these words!
165 COMMENTS
Surprising that I am the first to leave a comment. As usual, it a pleasure to hear you speaking quietly and distincly.Thank you Gill.
Thanks
Thank you very much for the explanation, it is very useful.
Thanks Gill for good and useful lesson.
Thx alot Gill ..I’ve been tasted my understanding and I’ve got 100 marks.
Thanks Gill for the lesson, it’s really very interesting, and I got 10 out of 10 .
good mam
Thank you Teacher Gill!
I is very interesting and useful lesson. Thank You for Your work and possibility to educate English language. I understood and remembered all of this words which their pronunciation. I have used word cough in wrong pronunciation (heared as [kohh]) early. I will speak right.
Thank You very much!
Dear Gill, it is very useful clarification.
thanks
thanks for this lesson,, i love it..
tnsnks teacher…for thie lesson…
Thank you, Miss GILL. It was very useful for me.
Many thanks for you
Hello Gill! Thanks for this video, learning about pronunciation is very important.
Thank you very much.
Very useful lesson
Thank you :-)
Thanks Gill for good and useful lesson
It´s polite to bow, when teacher Gill start her class.
thank you very much for this helpful lesson.
I really like these kind of lessons about vocabulary and pronunciation.
Thanks a lot Gill ;)
Thank you very much Gill.
I love you and respect you .you like to help people I have benefited of you a lot of thing so you’re a good woman
Very good lesson, thank you so much.
thanks you very much teacher Gil,l for good lesson.
Thank You so much Gill.
Great video lesson, Gill. You are an excellent teacher. I am learning a lot with your classes. Thank you so much! I wish you all the best. Bye!
Thank you for your usefull lesson
thank you teacher por this lesson
Thank you Gill. Very interesting your class.
Thank you. its very usefull
Many thanks appreciate the effort
thanks Gill that is very helpful
Hi Jame you are very helpful
yeyy !! i like it a lot
Thank you very much . It is amazing to know more English words with correct pronunciation . I got 100 and I am very happy with this result . and I have a question” our teacher said that we use very instead of much especially in British English ” and I ‘d like to know do British people prefer certain words than other words ?
Thank a lot, Gill. I really learned some useful vocabularies and confusing pronunciation from this video. Thank you again.
Thank you so much Gill. Interesting lesson.
Thanks Gill. easy lesson to get, easy quiz to do, but quite hard to use them correctly in daily speaking. I have to practice more until using them fluently
Very nice Gill… thank you
i got 9/10.. Thanks so much! It’s very helpfull
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Of course, here is my email: huyennt254@gmail.com, searching for FB. Nice to meet you & improved English.
And I’ve got 8 out of 10. Thank you very much for the explanation of the material. It’s really useful for me )))
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Thank you very much Gill! That is a straightforwards but helpful lesson! I bow to you (or I take off my hat to you, that means in Brazil I am amazed with your performance). Besides, I have good news. Now I can see you in HD, and it is much easier read what you write on the board. How nice!
I got 10/10
Nice lesson
Thank you
Thank you very much Gill!!
is it correct to say ( i have got confusion) ?
or i got confused ?
Hi ruf380 — you can say for example: “I got confused”, “I am confused”, “That explanation is confusing”, “His explanation caused a lot of confusion”. I hope this helps to show how to use the different forms of the word :-)
I need more lessons like this for emproving my pronunciation. I’m so thankful of you teacher Gill.
thanks A LOT
Thank you
Question 6 why did you choose answer “match”.
what this mean “match”?
Thanks
Hi — the word “match” is mentioned in the video, with two different meanings :-)
actually, i know a third meaning. when two things fight, most likely people, it’ called a match. am i right?
I think the word match has mean is : tran dau in vietnamese. but it has mean is: diem in vietnamese.
when you need light of fire.
you’ll need something make fire.
I only guess.
That right? teacher?
Thanks Gill.
Thank you a lot of.
Thanks Gill very useful and your teaching technique is remarkable
Thanks for teaching and helping me understood more English :)
Thank you gill!! i got 10/10 ha
Thank you very much for this useful lesson.
Thanks Gill!
I’ve never realized before that “bow” could be pronounced in two ways.
I caught it and new words. Your lessons are never enough to tire me.
HI GIll. Thank you so much for the lesson it is very useful. I really like this page. Regards from Mexico :)
Hello Gill .
I read your lessons 5/5 , loud and clear !
You are the teacher I would had like to have when starting Learning English.
:-)
Yey!!! Got 100% !! :) Thank you Gill… Would love to see a smile on your face when you teach.
Thanks Gill for teaching so clearly and funny,I felt confdent in myself
Dear Gill, really thanks very much for your reply I am proud of you to tech me
why is “bow in her hair,not on her hair???
Thanks for the lesson. You have a lovely accent.
Thanks for the lesson.
Thank you it is a helpful lesson
I like to conversation with people for improvement in my english speaking.So if anyone interested in it than reply me with his/her Skype id?
i got 100% on the quiz, this helped me. :)
in this lesson I met new vocabulary but because of my knowledge as a beginner I realized I need to know more words. What is the easiest way to learn more vocabulary?
Hello Gill! I love your pronunciation! Thanks for an interesting and useful lesson. My vocabulary allowed me to understand every word but I have to say that your illustrations are very clear. Also I discovered the origin of the word “плуг” (“plug” or maybe “ploog”, I’m not sure about transcription) in Ukrainian and Russian languages, which is translated as “plough” and has the same meaning.
Hi Gill Thank Your so much.
I missed you in My High School :)
You are a fabulous teacher
Thank you
Thank for your teaching. :)
How always you are a marvellouse teacher, I wish you the best in your life, see you soon byeeeeeeeeee
Interesting thank you….
i always get 9/10
100% without even watching the lesson but I admit I’d stay on some of the questions quite long.
thanks a lot. The prononciation of these words is really confusing and your lesson is very useful.
It’s very interessting.Thank you veru much TEACHER.
Just I have a question please.
Do you speak American english or British english?
tHANKS A LOT
thanks gill all of things
Thanks Gill Mam, It is very helpful to improve my english
I am very glad to listen to this lesson. It’s very helpful. Thank you Mrs Gill.
Many thanks to you. It’s very useful to me.
Thank you Mrs Gill you’re so kind !
Thank you so much for lesson
Thanks Gill, My teacher! Your lessons are very useful.
I’m thrilled with your love.
Thanks for your teaching .
Thank you! Even though I made 10/10 I must watch this lesson again in the following days if I want to remember the proper pronunciation. It was a very good lesson.
Thank you!
It’s knowledgeable lecture.
Wow! Thank you so much for this pronunciation lesson! It was my first video on ENGVID and I found it really interesting! :)
¡Thank you so much Gill!
Thank you ma’am, this lesson was excellent!
hi gill thank you for this lesson it is very interesting.
you are wonderful women i love you so much.
thaaaaank you
woman because women it’s plural
Captivating lesson!
It occurs to me this sentence:
The tree’s boughs bow enough to pick up the King’s bow.
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fistly i thanks to this website to upload ENGLISH lessons by Mrs Gill.
Thank you so much . interesting
Dear Gill,
I’m confused right now, I’ve watched one video called “Fix your spelling mistakes…” where you mentioned that a “Homonym” is a word which has different spelling and same sound, but in the explanation of this video you said that “Homonyms” are words that are spelled the same but different pronunciation.
Thanks a lot for very useful lesson!
thank you very much. that is helpful
thank you gill
thanks, gill!!
Excellent explanation Gill,…, You are cleared up my thinking with this lesson/
Thanks!
Thank you so much. Wonderful lesson
Thank you very much…. I would like to know about writing a formal and informal letter. Please make a video on this very topic.
Thanks. Gill.
I always follow your lessons, thank you, they are so helpful to me.
I understand all of this and got 10/10, thank you
nice session
Thanks a lot! i was surprised with “bow” – interesting!
thank you very much, i bow you Gill
Thanks, Jill for giving us this lesson!
Thank You Very Much :) for giving the explanation this is very helpful
Thank You Very Much :) for giving the explanation
I’m pleased to follow the lessons :)
Thank you for another useful lesson :)
Hi everyone
could you help me?!!
I’m newcomer in Canada.
and I really need to improve my ENGLISH.
but I think, It never will happen.
if you have any advises or plans Plz tell me.
I try every day for that but I’ve had no progress. I’m in an useless loop for learning English.
Plz give me a hand.
thank you so much indeed.
always try
never give up
buy some books that translated your language and
read in english and in your language.
Thank very usefull lesson.
Thanks for the useful lesson Gill !
Thank you so much, Gill! I really enjoy your each lessons.
Gill you are my favorite teacher :-) Greetings
I’m a Chinese, she is much better than all of my Enlish teachers. With the help of online teachers, I’m improving my English very fast.
Thanks a lot mam i got 100%
It is amazing to learn English with Gill. Today I just glanced online in youtube then found her lesson. I do like her lesson!!!Thx!!!
The way you teach is really nice. I got 10 out of 10. I’m really happy. Thank you Mam for your excellent way of teaching.
Thank you for the lesson teacher Gill..
Thanks for the lesson.
like de lesson
thank you for this interesting and useful lesson
Thank you for this lesson, it was really helpful. You are such a lovely teacher, I love watching your videos! <3
Thank you Gill for the lesson, it’s really very interesting, and I got 10 out of 10
You got 10 correct out of 10
nice! I am supriced
Thank you Gill
Hi, In your second example of words is the letter “t” silent?
So helpfull! :)
Thank you very much Gill!
thanks a lot, for you lesson
I like so much your video,the lesson is very clear! :-)
100 / 100 hmm not bad .
Thanks your lesson ,teacher.
Thank you Gill for your lessons. I learn english myself and you’re my favorite teatcher on engvid
So many thanks
Thank you so much you are an amazing and talented teacher.
thank you very much for your the best explanation and right choosing the examples
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Very useful lesson thank you
Thanks a lot Gill!
vous enseignez remarquablement.
Quelle distinction , et toujours une petite pointe d’humour
Hi, I’m Luis, it’s been a great exercise. Excellent presentation!!!
Thank you, Gill. It is a good lesson.
Thank you Gill, I love your videos ?
Hi, I’m Janyl, it’s been a bery useful exercise.
Thank you Gill for the lesson, it’s really very interesting, and I got only 7 out of 10
Thanks teacher Gill for sharing your knowledge. 10/10 is my score. ?
Thank you teacher
Igot 10/10
Thank you Teacher Gill
Thanks very much Ms Gill for this excellent lesson and British pronunciation!
Thanks Gill.