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    This document provides a lesson from Vanessa on avoiding accidentally saying bad words in English. It lists 9 pairs of words that sound similar but have different meanings, with one word being inappropriate. For each pair, it gives the pronunciation and a sample sentence to demonstrate the difference. The goal is to help English learners distinguish these words to speak confidently and avoid accidental profanity. At the end, it prompts using the vocabulary in a sample answer about something you can't ask your boss.

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    This document provides a lesson from Vanessa on avoiding accidentally saying bad words in English. It lists 9 pairs of words that sound similar but have different meanings, with one word being inappropriate. For each pair, it gives the pronunciation and a sample sentence to demonstrate the difference. The goal is to help English learners distinguish these words to speak confidently and avoid accidental profanity. At the end, it prompts using the vocabulary in a sample answer about something you can't ask your boss.

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    This document provides a lesson from Vanessa on avoiding accidentally saying bad words in English. It lists 9 pairs of words that sound similar but have different meanings, with one word being inappropriate. For each pair, it gives the pronunciation and a sample sentence to demonstrate the difference. The goal is to help English learners distinguish these words to speak confidently and avoid accidental profanity. At the end, it prompts using the vocabulary in a sample answer about something you can't ask your boss.

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    Don't Say Bad Words - Speak English With Vanessa

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    Don’t Accidentally Say These Bad Words
    Dear English Learner,

    Get ready to speak confidently and avoid accidentally saying bad words with these troublesome
    English words. I recommend reading these sample sentences out loud, watching the original
    lesson to hear my pronunciation, and using the blank space on the last page to answer my
    challenge question using the vocabulary. Thanks so much for learning English with me!

    Your teacher,
    Vanessa

    Long E/ Short I

    1. Beach/ Bitch
    bEE-ch: I love to see the sun on the beach.
    bi-tch

    2. Sheet/ Shit
    shEE-t: I brought a sheet to sit on at the beach.
    shi-t

    3. Piece/ Piss
    piEEce: I can’t find that piece.
    piss

    NOTE: A more commonly used and less rude phrase in American English:
    To be pissed off: to be angry
    I’m so pissed off when I see trash on the beach.
    He just pisses me off when he throws trash on the beach.

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    Short U Vowel

    4. Can’t/ C*nt
    cA-n’t: I can’t believe what he just said!
    c*nt: sounds like the vowel in the word “front”

    NOTE: the word “c*nt” is not as offensive in other places like it is in America!

    5. Fork/ Fuck
    fOR-k: Do you have a fork?
    fUck

    6. Sock/ Suck
    sOck: There’s something in my sock.
    sUck: These mosquitoes are trying to suck my blood!
    Oh man, that sucks. (that’s awful)

    ​Tricky Consonants

    ​
    ​7. Crab/ Crap
    cra-B: That crab pinched me.
    cra-P: It scared the crap out of me!
    Oh crap! I forgot my swimsuit!

    8. Ask/ Ass
    as-K: Can I ask you a question?
    asS

    9. Damp/ Damn
    dam-P: I dropped my towel in the water, now it’s damp.
    daMn: Damn! Now I don’t have a dry towel.

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    Vanessa’s Challenge Question
    Use the space below to write a few sentences answering this question: What is something that
    you can’t ask your boss?

    Sample answer: I can’t ask my boss for another day off because I already took two weeks off
    last month when I went to the beach. I think it’s too soon to ask for another day off.

    Enjoying my English lessons??

    >>Click here to start speaking fluent English with me!<<

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