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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 14 · 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 “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  4. 4.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  12. 12.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  16. 16.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  17. 17.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  18. 18.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  31. 31.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  37. 37.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  38. 38.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  39. 39.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  40. 40.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul

Answer key

  1. VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. p
  3. b
  4. i-PIT-uh-mee
  5. l
  6. 2
  7. sounds like “I’ll”
  8. 2
  9. u
  10. s
  11. b
  12. di-VEL-up
  13. SAM-un
  14. 1
  15. b
  16. DOWT
  17. SUT-ul
  18. EYE-lund
  19. 1
  20. u
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. KAY-oss
  26. 1
  27. VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. di-TUR-min
  31. BIS-kit
  32. 4
  33. SWEET
  34. SWEET
  35. 5
  36. SED
  37. SEZ
  38. PEET-suh
  39. SEZ
  40. KUMF-tuh-bul

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