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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 187 · 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 “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. 2.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  3. 3.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  12. 12.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  16. 16.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  17. 17.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  18. 18.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  20. 20.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  21. 21.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  22. 22.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  23. 23.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  24. 24.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  25. 25.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  26. 26.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  27. 27.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  28. 28.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  29. 29.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. 31.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  34. 34.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  35. 35.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  39. 39.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  40. 40.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id

Answer key

  1. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. SKOOL
  3. KYOO
  4. s
  5. u
  6. 1
  7. b
  8. KAY-oss
  9. 2
  10. FILM
  11. 4
  12. SEZ
  13. SUR-kit
  14. 2
  15. EYE-lund
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. SUT-ul
  18. PUR-pus
  19. u
  20. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  21. SUR-kit
  22. MIS-chi-vus
  23. WENZ-day
  24. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  25. hoh-TEL
  26. KEM-is-tree
  27. WIM-in
  28. di-TUR-min
  29. sounds like “I’ll”
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. ri-SEET
  32. b
  33. l
  34. STAY-shun
  35. DOWT
  36. SAM-un
  37. 2
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. BIS-kit
  40. SED

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