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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 12 · 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) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  10. 10.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  11. 11.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  17. 17.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  18. 18.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  21. 21.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  22. 22.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  25. 25.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  26. 26.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  27. 27.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  28. 28.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  29. 29.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  34. 34.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE

Answer key

  1. di-VEL-up
  2. b
  3. 3
  4. WENZ-day
  5. 2
  6. SUR-kit
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. SKOOL
  10. KAY-oss
  11. MIS-chi-vus
  12. RES-uh-pee
  13. u
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. l
  17. sounds like “I’ll”
  18. PEET-suh
  19. 2
  20. WIM-in
  21. PUR-pus
  22. SWEET
  23. p
  24. u
  25. sounds like “I’ll”
  26. MIS-chi-vus
  27. KEM-is-tree
  28. KYOO
  29. SKOOL
  30. 2
  31. s
  32. DET
  33. KAY-oss
  34. EYE-lund
  35. 1
  36. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. 2
  38. ri-SEET
  39. 1
  40. PUR-pus

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