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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 115 · 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 do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  2. 2.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  6. 6.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  7. 7.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  10. 10.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  12. 12.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  13. 13.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  17. 17.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  18. 18.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  22. 22.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  28. 28.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  29. 29.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  30. 30.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  35. 35.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. SKOOL
  2. KAY-oss
  3. p
  4. 4
  5. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  6. SEZ
  7. DET
  8. b
  9. b
  10. i-PIT-uh-mee
  11. u
  12. SAM-un
  13. WIM-in
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. SUR-kit
  17. SAM-un
  18. SWEET
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. s
  22. BIS-kit
  23. b
  24. SUR-kit
  25. u
  26. 1
  27. BIS-kit
  28. KYOO
  29. RES-uh-pee
  30. DET
  31. KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. 3
  33. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  34. ri-SEET
  35. i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. KEM-is-tree
  39. ri-SEET
  40. 1

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