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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 191 · 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 “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  7. 7.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  8. 8.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  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.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  14. 14.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  15. 15.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  20. 20.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  21. 21.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  22. 22.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  23. 23.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  24. 24.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  26. 26.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  27. 27.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  32. 32.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  38. 38.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. SAM-un
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. u
  5. 1
  6. MIS-chi-vus
  7. RES-uh-pee
  8. FILM
  9. KEM-is-tree
  10. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. SUT-ul
  14. i-PIT-uh-mee
  15. SUR-kit
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. 3
  19. di-VEL-up
  20. PEET-suh
  21. PUR-pus
  22. EYE-lund
  23. BIS-kit
  24. sounds like “I’ll”
  25. SWEET
  26. SKOOL
  27. KAY-oss
  28. 4
  29. u
  30. 2
  31. ri-SEET
  32. di-VEL-up
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. b
  35. l
  36. SKOOL
  37. b
  38. DOWT
  39. 2
  40. 1

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