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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 138 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  4. 4.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  6. 6.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  9. 9.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  10. 10.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  14. 14.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  16. 16.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  17. 17.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  24. 24.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  36. 36.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. PUR-pus
  4. SKOOL
  5. WENZ-day
  6. EYE-lund
  7. 2
  8. b
  9. WENZ-day
  10. WIM-in
  11. 1
  12. DOWT
  13. SUR-kit
  14. MIS-chi-vus
  15. s
  16. SAM-un
  17. DET
  18. 2
  19. b
  20. 2
  21. l
  22. SUT-ul
  23. p
  24. i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. 3
  26. MIS-chi-vus
  27. 2
  28. 3
  29. 1
  30. RES-uh-pee
  31. 2
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. SAM-un
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. KEM-is-tree
  36. sounds like “I’ll”
  37. 3
  38. di-VEL-up
  39. VEJ-tuh-bul
  40. PEET-suh

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