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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 150 · 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 “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  3. 3.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  6. 6.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  15. 15.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  16. 16.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  20. 20.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  24. 24.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  27. 27.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  31. 31.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  32. 32.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  33. 33.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  35. 35.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  38. 38.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. hoh-TEL
  3. MIS-chi-vus
  4. 2
  5. WENZ-day
  6. VEJ-tuh-bul
  7. s
  8. 2
  9. STAY-shun
  10. 1
  11. SUR-kit
  12. 2
  13. RES-uh-pee
  14. EYE-lund
  15. hoh-TEL
  16. SUT-ul
  17. 4
  18. 2
  19. ri-SEET
  20. PEET-suh
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. KUMF-tuh-bul
  24. BIS-kit
  25. p
  26. SKOOL
  27. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. PUR-pus
  31. ri-SEET
  32. KEM-is-tree
  33. SAM-un
  34. b
  35. di-VEL-up
  36. 2
  37. KAY-oss
  38. SUR-kit
  39. 2
  40. b

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