How to pronounce "X" five different ways in English

did you know we have five different ways to pronounce the letter X in English we're going to learn and practice them today get ready to listen and repeat after me but first I want to invite you to download a brand new resource it's a pronunciation guide showing you all the sounds of American English with their phonetic symbols and some example words you can download the text and audio for free when you click on the link in the video description and enter your email address okay let's look at the different ways to pronounce the letter X in English the most common way is like as in these 10 words please repeat after me taxi Mexico next maximum box relax extra exercise exboyfriend exception now the most common mistake I hear English Learners make especially with the word starting in X ex is pronouncing it like s estra exception but make sure you say extra exception our next most common way to pronounce X is like G and for X to have this pronunce iation two conditions must be true the X must be followed by a vowel sound and the syllable immediately after the X must be the strong one so let's practice words like these exactly exaggerate example exam exhibit exonerate EX exotic exalt executive exit that one's a little bit of an exception to the rule again the common pronunciation mistake is pronouncing it just like Z saying things like exactly or exotic the G sound is subtle and quick but it should be present exactly exotic our third pronunciation is just like Z this is very rare in English there are really only a few words like xenophobia xylophone Xerox Xenon the fourth way to pronounce X is like and this is really only found in the adjective sexual and its variance like sexuality that's the noun sexualize that's the verb and adjectives like like heterosexual homosexual and bisexual and our final way to pronounce X is like G and that's pretty much only in the words luxury luxurious well English pronunciation can drive you crazy because like the letter X lots of letters can have several different sounds but I can help you get nice and clear pronunciation when you join my American English pronunciation course you can find out more and sign up over at my website espresso english. net and before you go do not forget to download that free pronunciation guide again the link is in the lesson description see you next time [Music]