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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 119 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  4. 4.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  5. 5.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  6. 6.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  16. 16.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  17. 17.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  18. 18.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  19. 19.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  21. 21.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  22. 22.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  23. 23.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  25. 25.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  28. 28.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  29. 29.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  30. 30.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  40. 40.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. p
  3. l
  4. ri-SEET
  5. PUR-pus
  6. DET
  7. b
  8. SEZ
  9. PEET-suh
  10. b
  11. 2
  12. hoh-TEL
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. RES-uh-pee
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. WENZ-day
  18. SUR-kit
  19. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  20. RES-uh-pee
  21. KAY-oss
  22. KYOO
  23. VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 3
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. 1
  27. KUMF-tuh-bul
  28. di-VEL-up
  29. FILM
  30. i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. MIS-chi-vus
  32. 5
  33. PUR-pus
  34. u
  35. b
  36. 3
  37. KEM-is-tree
  38. 2
  39. KEM-is-tree
  40. SAM-un

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