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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 129 · 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 “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  4. 4.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  10. 10.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  12. 12.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  13. 13.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  14. 14.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  16. 16.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  17. 17.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  19. 19.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  21. 21.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  22. 22.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  26. 26.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. 27.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  34. 34.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  37. 37.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. EYE-lund
  3. b
  4. SED
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. RES-uh-pee
  9. u
  10. i-PIT-uh-mee
  11. b
  12. KYOO
  13. hoh-TEL
  14. di-VEL-up
  15. s
  16. EYE-lund
  17. PEET-suh
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. SED
  20. DET
  21. SAM-un
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. WENZ-day
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. DOWT
  28. 1
  29. KYOO
  30. SUT-ul
  31. 2
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. l
  34. di-VEL-up
  35. 3
  36. SWEET
  37. SAM-un
  38. STAY-shun
  39. 5
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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