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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 17 · 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.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  2. 2.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  3. 3.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  6. 6.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  7. 7.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  8. 8.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  9. 9.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  14. 14.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  15. 15.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  24. 24.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  25. 25.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  31. 31.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 37.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day

Answer key

  1. u
  2. i-PIT-uh-mee
  3. KAY-oss
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. b
  6. WIM-in
  7. FILM
  8. SKOOL
  9. KEM-is-tree
  10. l
  11. s
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. u
  14. ri-SEET
  15. hoh-TEL
  16. 1
  17. b
  18. 1
  19. STAY-shun
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. SED
  24. SAM-un
  25. SUR-kit
  26. 3
  27. DOWT
  28. 2
  29. KUMF-tuh-bul
  30. BIS-kit
  31. EYE-lund
  32. 3
  33. 2
  34. 1
  35. KYOO
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. DET
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. 2
  40. WENZ-day

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