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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 19 · 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.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  3. 3.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  4. 4.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  6. 6.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  9. 9.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  10. 10.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  17. 17.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  18. 18.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  19. 19.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  20. 20.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  21. 21.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  30. 30.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  31. 31.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  35. 35.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  36. 36.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  37. 37.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  38. 38.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  39. 39.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. FILM
  2. u
  3. MIS-chi-vus
  4. sounds like “I’ll”
  5. b
  6. SWEET
  7. b
  8. EYE-lund
  9. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. di-TUR-min
  11. b
  12. 1
  13. s
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. KEM-is-tree
  17. KYOO
  18. ri-SEET
  19. FILM
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. ri-SEET
  22. 1
  23. p
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. 3
  27. 2
  28. STAY-shun
  29. RES-uh-pee
  30. SEZ
  31. EYE-lund
  32. 3
  33. SUT-ul
  34. KYOO
  35. PEET-suh
  36. di-VEL-up
  37. WIM-in
  38. DOWT
  39. sounds like “I’ll”
  40. 2

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