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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 105 · 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.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  12. 12.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  13. 13.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  17. 17.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  22. 22.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  26. 26.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  27. 27.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  28. 28.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  32. 32.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  33. 33.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  34. 34.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  35. 35.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  38. 38.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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