You have now met more than twenty features of the modern Standard British accent. The risk is that they stay separate in your head: you can do the schwa in a drill but forget it when you chat with your neighbour. Many learners also keep the habits of their own language, such as saying every letter as it is written, or giving every syllable the same strength. In this episode: • Rhythm, stress and melody • The vowels • The consonants • Joining words • Real-speed dialogue • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: I'll PUT the KETtle ON. — only three strong beats photograph (FOH-tuh-grahf), photography (fuh-TOG-ruh-fee) — the stress moves I've LOST my KEYS. — the main beat falls on the last important word Where are your SHOES? — the voice falls on a wh- question Are you READY? — the voice rises on a yes or no question The soup's nice, but... — down then up on nice means there is a "but" ship or sheep, full or fool, cup or cap — length changes the word far away (FAH-ruh-WAY) — the written R comes back before a vowel better (BET-uh), bottle (BOT-ul) — a clear, crisp T between vowels in careful speech football (FOO'-bawl), not now (NO' NOW) — a tiny catch replaces T before a consonant think, three, this, mother — the tongue lightly touches the top teeth Have you seen 'im? — H drops from unstressed him, but stays in house and home street, texts, months — no extra vowel, no dropped sound gonna (GUH-nuh), wanna (WON-uh), dunno (duh-NOH) — for speech, not writing 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.