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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 128 · 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.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  2. 2.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  3. 3.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. 4.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  5. 5.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  6. 6.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  7. 7.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  13. 13.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  16. 16.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  17. 17.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  21. 21.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  25. 25.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  26. 26.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  27. 27.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  29. 29.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  32. 32.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  35. 35.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  36. 36.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  37. 37.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  38. 38.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  39. 39.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s

Answer key

  1. l
  2. BIS-kit
  3. VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. SAM-un
  6. SAM-un
  7. SWEET
  8. 2
  9. BIS-kit
  10. s
  11. b
  12. u
  13. WIM-in
  14. 2
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. SED
  17. SUR-kit
  18. 4
  19. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  20. KAY-oss
  21. SUT-ul
  22. 2
  23. i-PIT-uh-mee
  24. KEM-is-tree
  25. RES-uh-pee
  26. KAY-oss
  27. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  28. SUT-ul
  29. FILM
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. DET
  32. PUR-pus
  33. 3
  34. STAY-shun
  35. WENZ-day
  36. hoh-TEL
  37. SED
  38. SEZ
  39. WIM-in
  40. b

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