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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 166 · 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 “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  4. 4.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  5. 5.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  10. 10.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  13. 13.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  17. 17.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  18. 18.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  21. 21.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  23. 23.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  24. 24.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  25. 25.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  28. 28.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  33. 33.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  34. 34.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  37. 37.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  38. 38.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  39. 39.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. b
  4. VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. BIS-kit
  6. 4
  7. PUR-pus
  8. 1
  9. PEET-suh
  10. SUR-kit
  11. b
  12. l
  13. SED
  14. PEET-suh
  15. 1
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. SUT-ul
  18. KEM-is-tree
  19. u
  20. b
  21. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. hoh-TEL
  23. di-TUR-min
  24. EYE-lund
  25. ri-SEET
  26. s
  27. p
  28. MIS-chi-vus
  29. 1
  30. KUMF-tuh-bul
  31. 2
  32. KYOO
  33. i-PIT-uh-mee
  34. SED
  35. 2
  36. hoh-TEL
  37. DOWT
  38. DET
  39. KEM-is-tree
  40. 2

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