British English Pronunciation: How to pronounce the “X” Sound

Exam? Fox? Xylophone? Anxious? In this British English pronunciation lesson you will learn how to pronounce the X sound in English. We can pronounce the letter X in FOUR different ways, using SIX different English sounds!! I will explain when we use each one with examples and common exceptions.

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► LESSON NOTES:
0:00 Intro
1:23 When to pronounce X like gz
3:32 When to pronounce X like ks
6:18 When to pronounce X like ksh
7:07 How to pronounce words that begin with the letter X in English
8:01 Common mistakes pronouncing the X sound in English

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[EnglishWithGreg]

Hope you enjoyed this lesson! 😀 Which sounds do you have problems with in English? Let me know below ⤵️

[giorgiorusso]

Your clear lesson show there are four sounds we can use to pronounce the letter "x". I would have never thought in some Eglish words there is the same sound as we see in "eggs" ... uneXpected :-)
Thank you!

[cosmeticenaturalebymichell]

Incredible, the pronunciation of X is like in my language ...

[minadevi]

Keep making videos like this and keep teaching us love from India 🌺🌺

[ivaniafarrell]

This was a fantastic and easy way to tell us the pronunciation of x. Well done, eksellent 😅

[quieroserteacher]

In mexican spanish we have four sounds for "X"... Thanks for the video, I'll definitely show it to my students 🤗

[danielmazzoni]

Just ... you are amazing !! Greg, many thanks again

[mamymimma]

Thank you for this exhaustive 😉 lesson!

[ZubairAhmad-qhgr]

Hats off to you for such a great video

[UNOwen-llgw]

Thanks for that very informative lesson, Greg! I was unaware of those rules. Regarding words such as exam, exist or exactly, I usually hear the initial "e" pronounced like in "bit" rather than like in "bed". Does that have anything to do with northern vs. southern accent?

[olegsavsejenko]

Thanks, I just wanna add: 1) You are allowed to say 'Igzaektli', as well. 2) Auxiliary.

[servillanonaoe]

Reminder:
If I were you should make your research about the letter "X" pronunciation to other languages such as in Spain"s pronunciation of letter X in the word formations.
Example:
Don Quixote: the letter X here is pronounce as "ho" that has been approved by the scholars of Spain.
Besides, in Spain, there are 4 languages that are spoken ( Seville, Catalanese, Barcelona, & Castillian) by the people.
However. the official language among the 4 languages is Castillian means the people who used to live in a castle before.
At least ...you must know too the origin. of X phonics from other countries in order to make your English lesson more interesting & more valuable to the learners & not only British only accent you are trying to build up ...
Enlarge your concept from the origin ( ancient to modernize), motivational approach to the learners..

[zidane]

You forgot to mention when X are silent in words

[MegakillerFortnight]

All people: b *u* t
Greg: bOt 😀
Northern accents are the best