The /p / sound is silent in words like pneumonia, cupboard and gives you a different sound in words like physics, psychology, phlegmatic etc

<h2>/p/</h2>
 ‘p’ - pat, soup, coupon, couple
‘pp’ - puppy, supple, ripple, rapper
‘gh’ - hiccough 
‘ph’ - shepherd
<h3>BBC Learning English Video: Pronunciation Tips</h3>
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/p/ Consonant Sound

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/p/ Consonant Sound

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