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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 170 · 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 “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  4. 4.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  12. 12.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  16. 16.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  18. 18.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  22. 22.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  23. 23.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  35. 35.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  37. 37.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  38. 38.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. di-TUR-min
  2. 3
  3. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  4. SKOOL
  5. 3
  6. EYE-lund
  7. b
  8. RES-uh-pee
  9. VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. b
  11. SUR-kit
  12. SUT-ul
  13. 2
  14. u
  15. PUR-pus
  16. SED
  17. l
  18. FILM
  19. KYOO
  20. 2
  21. KUMF-tuh-bul
  22. sounds like “I’ll”
  23. PEET-suh
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  27. FILM
  28. KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. 2
  30. KYOO
  31. 2
  32. SEZ
  33. 5
  34. s
  35. BIS-kit
  36. EYE-lund
  37. i-PIT-uh-mee
  38. WIM-in
  39. p
  40. 4

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