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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 103 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Say it by syllables): Say the word in beats and stress the CAPITAL beat: di-VEL-up (develop), hoh-TEL (hotel). Drop the silent letters: SAM-un (salmon), EYE-lund (island), ri-SEET (receipt). Do not add an extra beat at the start: SKOOL (school), STAY-shun (station), not is-KOOL.

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  1. 1.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  3. 3.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  4. 4.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  13. 13.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  14. 14.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  18. 18.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  20. 20.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  25. 25.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  27. 27.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  28. 28.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  29. 29.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  30. 30.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  31. 31.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  32. 32.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  33. 33.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  34. 34.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  37. 37.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. u
  3. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  4. SAM-un
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. STAY-shun
  8. 2
  9. di-TUR-min
  10. 2
  11. WIM-in
  12. RES-uh-pee
  13. SUT-ul
  14. SED
  15. b
  16. s
  17. p
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. b
  20. DOWT
  21. 1
  22. FILM
  23. 2
  24. i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. PUR-pus
  26. 2
  27. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. di-TUR-min
  30. i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. SEZ
  32. MIS-chi-vus
  33. VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. sounds like “I’ll”
  35. 3
  36. l
  37. WENZ-day
  38. STAY-shun
  39. BIS-kit
  40. 3

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