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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 137 · 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 “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  3. 3.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  4. 4.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  5. 5.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  6. 6.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  8. 8.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  9. 9.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  15. 15.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  17. 17.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  19. 19.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  20. 20.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  21. 21.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  23. 23.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  24. 24.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  27. 27.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  29. 29.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  30. 30.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  35. 35.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. RES-uh-pee
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. BIS-kit
  5. SED
  6. WIM-in
  7. b
  8. SAM-un
  9. DET
  10. b
  11. 5
  12. u
  13. p
  14. b
  15. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  16. 2
  17. VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. SWEET
  19. KEM-is-tree
  20. KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. KYOO
  22. ri-SEET
  23. SUT-ul
  24. i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. 4
  26. DET
  27. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  28. u
  29. KYOO
  30. RES-uh-pee
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. l
  35. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  36. 2
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. SEZ

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