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Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #65323: Articles and letters h and u
Articles and letters h and u
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here | head | hair | hat | home | hide | hen | hot | hungry | happy | behind | ahead |
The 'h' is not heard in a few words:
| heir | honest | honour | hour | heiress | honestly | honourable | hourglass | heirloom | honesty | honourably | hourly |
..................................... you | yellow | behaviour | pure | yearn | yam | senior | cure | yard | year | yield | yen |
A few examples :
| ubiquity | unicorn | uniform | unify | union | united | university | use | unanimous | uranium | utensil | usurper |
Look at the first sound of the next word :
| 1. a book, a house (h is heard), a university ( sound /j/ ) | BUT | 2. an apple, an hour (h is not pronounced), an ugly duckling (u sound: /ʌ/) |
 | | |  |  |  | an hourglass | an umbrella | an octopus | a rabbit | a horse | a unicycle |
The = [ðə] before consonant sounds: The hare runs fast | The = thi [ði:] before vowels sounds: The (thi) elephant is a big animal |
|  | The (thi) Obama family | lives in the White [wait] House |
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