How to Pronounce: Could I Have the Bill, Please?

Hello! I'm John Russell.
Imagine you are in a restaurant or cafe. You are done with your food or drink, and you would like to pay for your order. How might you do so?
There are two important nouns you can use to ask to pay for your order. You can choose one or the other – whichever you prefer.
They are:
check
and
bill
So, you might say
“Could I have the check, please?”
Or
“Could I have the bill, please?”
Check and bill both have one vowel sound each:
The consonant sounds will likely be more difficult for you.
So, let’s start examining the individual consonant sounds in “check.”
We have the last consonant sound:
And the first consonant sound:
When we put everything together, we get this:
Check
Check
If we turn to “bill,” we get the final consonant sound:
The first consonant sound is this:
And when we put it all together, we get this:
Bill
Bill
Now let’s work together to ask to pay for the check. Look at the text, read it aloud, then listen to me.

“Could I have the check, please?”
Now we will ask for the bill.

“Could I have the bill, please?”
That’s all for today! Keep up the good work.
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