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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 154 · 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 do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  2. 2.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  3. 3.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  9. 9.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  14. 14.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  15. 15.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  16. 16.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  17. 17.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  18. 18.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  22. 22.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  23. 23.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  31. 31.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  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 “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  34. 34.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  35. 35.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  37. 37.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept

Answer key

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

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