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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 114 · 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 “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  3. 3.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. 4.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  5. 5.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  10. 10.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  11. 11.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  12. 12.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  17. 17.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  21. 21.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  23. 23.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  28. 28.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  29. 29.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  31. 31.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  33. 33.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t

Answer key

  1. SKOOL
  2. s
  3. KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. VEJ-tuh-bul
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. hoh-TEL
  8. 2
  9. MIS-chi-vus
  10. WIM-in
  11. PEET-suh
  12. ri-SEET
  13. 1
  14. KYOO
  15. 2
  16. WIM-in
  17. SED
  18. l
  19. b
  20. b
  21. PEET-suh
  22. 2
  23. BIS-kit
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. WENZ-day
  27. SAM-un
  28. di-TUR-min
  29. SWEET
  30. p
  31. KEM-is-tree
  32. b
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. 4
  35. FILM
  36. 2
  37. BIS-kit
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. u

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