4th of July Fireworks How to Pronounce Fireworks

I’m here celebrating the 4th of July on my
rooftop. Come watch the fireworks with me.

Happy 4th everyone!

Even the Empire State Building is celebrating!

Fireworks. This is a compound word. That is,
a word made up of two other words. In compound

words, the first word is stressed. So the
stress in this word falls on ‘fire’, fire.

Fireworks begins with the F consonant sound.
Bottom lip up to touch the bottom of the top

front teeth. Fi-. Then we have the AI as in
BUY diphthong, fi-, fire. Next, the schwa-R

sound. ‘Fire’ is a one-syllable word. But
the schwa-R ending after the AI diphthong

will sort of make it feel like a two-syllable
word, with an unstressed ‘er’ ending. Fire,

fire. Fireworks. The lips must come into a
tight circle for the W sound. Fireworks. Then

we have the UR as in HER / R consonant sound,
-wor-, firewor-, fireworks. And finally, the

KS consonant cluster at the end. Fireworks.

That’s a finale.

That’s it, and thanks so much
for using Rachel’s English.