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Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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Sun on the beach!

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Wait, was that a bad word?

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Let's talk about it.

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Right now, I'm sitting on the beach.

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Oh, look, there's a little crab.

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I've heard English learners say "I'm shitting
on the bitch.

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Oh, look, there's a little crap".

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Oh no.

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Of course, with the right context, other people
will be able to understand you, but most people,

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most English learners, want to avoid using
a rude or bad word by accident.

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Today we're going to practice several troublesome
or difficult words that often sound like rude

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or bad words.

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If you are a child, or if you don't like swearing,
you can turn off this lesson.

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For me, I don't like swearing and I especially
don't like swearing on the internet, but today

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I'm going to get out of my shell and help
you with these words.

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Thanks so much to the awesome pronunciation
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in helping you so that you don't accidentally
say these rude or bad words.

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And thanks to Elsa Speak for giving you a
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about at the end of this lesson.

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To help you remember all of these bad words
and words that sound similar, I've created

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You can click on the link in the description
to download the free PDF for today's lesson

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and never forget how to say these words correctly.

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Let's start.

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First, we'll start with some words that you
probably know are difficult for you and that

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you might be mispronouncing.

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And then we'll go on to some words that you
might not know you're saying incorrectly.

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The first pair of tricky words are beach and
bitch.

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We have a long E, beach.

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And with the bad word, we have short I, bitch.

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But I would like to help you practice the
good word.

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So here, let's say this sentence together.

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I love to see the sun on the beach.

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Beach.

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Notice when I say "E" my lips are wide "E"
and my teeth are almost together.

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Beach.

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Beach.

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Can you say it with me?

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I love to see the sun on the beach.

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All right, let's go to the next pair.

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The next two tricky words have a similar,
difficult sound sheet, sheet and shit.

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So here we have a long E and a short I.

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Can you say the sentence with me?

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I brought to a sheet to sit on the beach.

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I brought a sheet.

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My lips are wide and my teeth are almost together.

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Say it with me.

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I brought a sheet to sit on the beach.

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The next two words also have a similar sound,
piece and piss.

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Now, piss isn't exactly an extremely rude
word, but it's not really a word you want

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to say out of context.

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So let's practice saying piece with a long
E together.

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I can't find that piece.

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I can't find that piece.

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A more commonly used and a little bit less
of a rude phrase that we use in American English

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with the word is this, to be pissed off.

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So we might say, ugh, I'm so pissed off when
I see trash on the beach.

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This means I'm angry and annoyed.

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I'm pissed off when I see trash on the beach.

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Or we could say he pissed me off when he throws
trash on the beach.

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Who does that?

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There's a trash can, throw it away.

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The next three pairs of tricky words have
a short U vowel.

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The first pair is can't.

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And this word is in American English, one
of the worst swear words.

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And I don't feel comfortable saying this.

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And I definitely don't feel comfortable saying
this on the internet.

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So we are going to practice a similar word
that has a similar vowel sound.

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And that is the word front.

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Front.

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Look in front of you.

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And here, the short U is up and down.

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Front.

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Front.

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And the regular word is can't.

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Can't.

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And our stand-in word front, front.

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Let's practice that good word together.

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I can't believe what he just said.

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I can't believe what he just said.

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And just to let you know this word, this bad
word is less bad in other English speaking

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countries, but in the U.S., not a good idea
to say it.

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The next two pairs of similar words are fork,
and one of the most famous bad words in English,

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fuck.

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And here, this is going to be that short U
sound.

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Up and down.

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But if you want to say a fork instead, like
a piece of silverware, you can say fork, fork.

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Make sure that the R sound is very clear as
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Fork, fork.

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Let's practice a sentence together.

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Do you have a fork?

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Do you have a fork?

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Do you have a fork?

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Great work.

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The next pair is sock, sock and suck.

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Suck.

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Notice how, when I say that short U, it's
up and down suck.

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But if you want to talk about something that's
on your feet, you might say, there's something

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in my sock.

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There's something in my sock.

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And the O is sock, sock.

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We sometimes use the word suck in a less rude
way, especially if you're talking about it,

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literally, you might say, ah, these mosquitoes
won't stop sucking my blood.

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These mosquitoes won't stop sucking my blood.

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Or sometimes we use the word suck in a not
great for professional situations, but any

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more casual way, that's less rude to talk
about something that's not good.

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We might say that sucks.

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That sucks.

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You might use this in a situation where you
forgot something when you went on vacation.

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So here I am at the beach and if you forgot
your swimsuit, not a good idea, but if you

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forget your swimsuit, your family member might
say to you, ah, that sucks.

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You're going to have to buy a new one.

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That sucks.

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It's a bummer.

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Next, we have some pairs of words that are
tricky consonants.

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Tricky, consonants.

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I already said one of these today.

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They are crab and crap.

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Crab and crap.

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So let's practice saying the B at the end
of this word correctly.

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Oh, a crab pinched me.

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A crab pinched me.

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Make sure that there is a clear B sound here.

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A crab pinched me.

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We do sometimes use the word crap in a less
rude way.

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So I'd like to teach you that as well.

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Sometimes I say this.

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This is my one of my favorite euphemisms I
often use in daily life.

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Instead of a bad word, I might say, you scared
the crap out of me.

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You scared the crap out of me.

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What do you think you're doing, scaring me
in the middle of the night.

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You scared the crap out of me.

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And this is kind of a silly phrase to give
some emphasis to your words.

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Or if you happen to stub your toe, you could
say a bad word, or you could say, oh crap.

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Maybe if you forget something at the beach,
like your swimsuit, you might say, oh crap,

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I forgot my swimsuit.

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Okay?

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You don't want to say this to your boss, but
it's not too rude to say with people you're

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comfortable with.

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Next is ask and ass.

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You want to make sure that you have a clear
K sound at the end.

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Can I ask you a question?

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Can I ask you a question?

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Can I ask you a question?

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If you drop the S yes, people will understand
the general context, but it is much better

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to add K at the end to be super clear.

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Can I ask you a question?

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Our final pair of tricky words are damp and
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Damp and damn.

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Make sure that you say a clear P sound at
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Ugh.

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I dropped my towel in the water and now it's
damp, it's damp.

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This means it's a little bit wet.

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Maybe if you try to dry your swimsuit outside
overnight so that it dries, but it doesn't

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completely dry.

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You might say, oh man, my swimsuit is still
damp.

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My swimsuit is still damp.

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I guess I got to wear it anyway.

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And if you were to use the bad word, you might
say, damn, now I don't have a dry swimsuit.

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But this is a little bit stronger than some
of the other bad words that I mentioned, like

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crap or piss.

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So maybe avoid it in more formal situations.

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So how did you do, were you able to hear the
difference between these pairs of tricky words?

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It's very important to hear the difference,
but it's even more important to them correctly

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Let's take a look at what 13 million users
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Elsa Speak:
This is good.

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Vincenzo:
This is good.

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85.

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Vanessa:
Okay.

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What did it say you needed to practice on
that one?

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Vincenzo:
Yeah, he says that my TH was my, this was

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actually a D and I have to-
Elsa Speak:

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If you don't stick your tongue out, it might
sound like D, or Z.

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Vanessa:
Yeah.

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Would you like to try it one more time with
that clear "th" sound because I know you can

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do it.

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It's just 100% of the time trying to do that.

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So let's try it one more time.

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Vincenzo:
Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Of course.

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Elsa Speak:
This is good.

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Vincenzo:
This is good.

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Perfect.

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Before we go, let's practice one fun challenge
sentence.

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And before the ocean sweeps me away, let's
practice one fun challenge sentence together

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using some of these tricky sounds that we
practiced.

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If I can't go to the beach, maybe I can eat
a piece of cake with a fork.

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All right, let's practice that sentence one
more time.

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If I can't go to the beach, maybe I can eat
a piece of cake with a fork.

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Great work.

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Don't forget to download the free PDF worksheet
for today's lesson so that you never forget

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what you've learned.

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There was a link in the description for that
as well.

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And now I have a question for you.

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Let me know in the comments, what do you like
to do when you go to the beach?

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Let me know.

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I can't wait to read what you have to say
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