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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 104 · 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.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  4. 4.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  5. 5.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  6. 6.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  7. 7.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  8. 8.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  13. 13.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  14. 14.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  15. 15.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  21. 21.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  24. 24.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  25. 25.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  26. 26.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  27. 27.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  28. 28.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  32. 32.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  33. 33.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  35. 35.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  36. 36.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. p
  2. 2
  3. u
  4. WENZ-day
  5. PUR-pus
  6. WIM-in
  7. KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. STAY-shun
  9. b
  10. 5
  11. RES-uh-pee
  12. l
  13. FILM
  14. ri-SEET
  15. VEJ-tuh-bul
  16. 1
  17. SUR-kit
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. di-TUR-min
  21. i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. SUT-ul
  23. b
  24. di-VEL-up
  25. PEET-suh
  26. EYE-lund
  27. SWEET
  28. KAY-oss
  29. 2
  30. 1
  31. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  32. KEM-is-tree
  33. VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. s
  35. SED
  36. DOWT
  37. 2
  38. STAY-shun
  39. 2
  40. 1

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