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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 198 · 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 “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  2. 2.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  9. 9.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  14. 14.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  17. 17.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  18. 18.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  19. 19.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  20. 20.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  22. 22.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  28. 28.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  31. 31.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  32. 32.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  34. 34.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  35. 35.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  36. 36.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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