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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 160 · 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 “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  6. 6.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  9. 9.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  10. 10.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  12. 12.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  13. 13.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  14. 14.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  16. 16.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  20. 20.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  22. 22.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  23. 23.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  24. 24.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  25. 25.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  28. 28.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  29. 29.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  31. 31.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  33. 33.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  34. 34.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. KYOO
  4. 2
  5. b
  6. FILM
  7. 4
  8. b
  9. di-VEL-up
  10. SWEET
  11. hoh-TEL
  12. PUR-pus
  13. SKOOL
  14. PUR-pus
  15. EYE-lund
  16. DET
  17. b
  18. s
  19. WENZ-day
  20. MIS-chi-vus
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. SAM-un
  23. SKOOL
  24. SUT-ul
  25. SAM-un
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. SUR-kit
  28. ri-SEET
  29. di-TUR-min
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. SED
  32. p
  33. sounds like “I’ll”
  34. i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 1
  37. 1
  38. u
  39. l
  40. 3

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