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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 199 · 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) p (b) c (c) r
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  4. 4.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  5. 5.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  11. 11.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  12. 12.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  16. 16.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  19. 19.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  23. 23.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  26. 26.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  31. 31.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  39. 39.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. p
  2. u
  3. s
  4. EYE-lund
  5. WENZ-day
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. KYOO
  10. u
  11. SUT-ul
  12. KYOO
  13. 2
  14. BIS-kit
  15. FILM
  16. di-TUR-min
  17. 2
  18. b
  19. STAY-shun
  20. 1
  21. ri-SEET
  22. b
  23. PUR-pus
  24. 2
  25. di-VEL-up
  26. KEM-is-tree
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. SAM-un
  30. ri-SEET
  31. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. 2
  34. SED
  35. 3
  36. SKOOL
  37. 2
  38. KAY-oss
  39. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. 3

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