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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 183 · 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 “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  2. 2.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  6. 6.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  7. 7.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  13. 13.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  17. 17.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  23. 23.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  24. 24.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  25. 25.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  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 “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  32. 32.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  33. 33.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  34. 34.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  35. 35.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  36. 36.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  37. 37.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  38. 38.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  39. 39.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  40. 40.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum

Answer key

  1. p
  2. ri-SEET
  3. 4
  4. 2
  5. SUT-ul
  6. di-TUR-min
  7. KAY-oss
  8. 2
  9. di-VEL-up
  10. b
  11. 2
  12. PUR-pus
  13. di-VEL-up
  14. 2
  15. DOWT
  16. STAY-shun
  17. STAY-shun
  18. 2
  19. SUT-ul
  20. l
  21. u
  22. hoh-TEL
  23. SKOOL
  24. PEET-suh
  25. SED
  26. u
  27. b
  28. 1
  29. 3
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. SWEET
  32. SWEET
  33. SAM-un
  34. WENZ-day
  35. SUR-kit
  36. WIM-in
  37. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  38. MIS-chi-vus
  39. DET
  40. FILM

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