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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 140 · 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 “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  3. 3.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  4. 4.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  5. 5.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  10. 10.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  11. 11.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  13. 13.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  16. 16.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  17. 17.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  18. 18.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  19. 19.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  20. 20.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  29. 29.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  30. 30.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  31. 31.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  33. 33.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  39. 39.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. u
  3. i-PIT-uh-mee
  4. SUT-ul
  5. SED
  6. 2
  7. STAY-shun
  8. u
  9. KEM-is-tree
  10. BIS-kit
  11. EYE-lund
  12. b
  13. di-TUR-min
  14. 1
  15. KAY-oss
  16. sounds like “I’ll”
  17. RES-uh-pee
  18. PUR-pus
  19. PEET-suh
  20. KYOO
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  24. sounds like “I’ll”
  25. p
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. RES-uh-pee
  28. b
  29. WIM-in
  30. SUR-kit
  31. KEM-is-tree
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. MIS-chi-vus
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. SKOOL
  37. 3
  38. VEJ-tuh-bul
  39. EYE-lund
  40. SEZ

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