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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 106 · 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 “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  4. 4.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  5. 5.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  6. 6.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  9. 9.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  15. 15.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  16. 16.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  17. 17.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  18. 18.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  26. 26.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  32. 32.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 36.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  37. 37.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  38. 38.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  39. 39.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. di-VEL-up
  2. 4
  3. u
  4. KEM-is-tree
  5. SUT-ul
  6. BIS-kit
  7. SED
  8. u
  9. KAY-oss
  10. b
  11. p
  12. di-TUR-min
  13. SUR-kit
  14. b
  15. KYOO
  16. PUR-pus
  17. hoh-TEL
  18. BIS-kit
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. s
  22. 2
  23. RES-uh-pee
  24. 2
  25. MIS-chi-vus
  26. STAY-shun
  27. SKOOL
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. SAM-un
  31. 3
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. 2
  34. 1
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. SUR-kit
  37. KUMF-tuh-bul
  38. ri-SEET
  39. EYE-lund
  40. 2

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