You have studied every part of the modern Standard British accent, but early features can slip away. Many learners go back to the habits of their first language when they are tired or busy: they say every letter as it is written, give every syllable the same strength, add an R to car, or smile wide on every vowel. This review gives you one short drill for each feature and the episode number to revisit. In this episode: • Rhythm, stress and melody • Vowels and mouth posture • Consonants • Joining words • Numbers, letters, contrasts and other accents • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: I'll PUT the KETtle ON. — three strong beats; the and on stay small photograph (FOH-tuh-grahf), photography (fuh-TOG-ruh-fee) — the beat moves a REcord / to reCORD — noun first, verb second I've LOST my KEYS. — the loudest beat is KEYS I said half SEVen, not half SIX. — the beat moves to the word you correct Where are your SHOES? — the voice falls on a wh- question Are you READY? — the voice rises on a yes or no question It's NOT bad. — it's fine, but not great bath (BAHTH), grass (GRAHS), can't (KAHNT) — but cat and hat stay short Go home. (GOH HOHM) — let the vowel glide ship or sheep, full or fool — length changes the word Morning, Mum. (MAW-ning MUM) — loose jaw, lips round on MAW Clusters (Episode 21): street, texts, months — no extra vowel, no dropped sound. Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.