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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 20 · 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 “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  2. 2.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  4. 4.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  10. 10.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  13. 13.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  14. 14.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  18. 18.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  21. 21.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  22. 22.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  25. 25.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  26. 26.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  33. 33.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  40. 40.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up

Answer key

  1. DET
  2. SUT-ul
  3. b
  4. PEET-suh
  5. 1
  6. di-TUR-min
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. SUT-ul
  11. b
  12. 2
  13. hoh-TEL
  14. SWEET
  15. u
  16. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  17. WENZ-day
  18. EYE-lund
  19. 2
  20. l
  21. ri-SEET
  22. DOWT
  23. 2
  24. MIS-chi-vus
  25. KAY-oss
  26. MIS-chi-vus
  27. i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. 5
  29. b
  30. PUR-pus
  31. s
  32. p
  33. ri-SEET
  34. 2
  35. EYE-lund
  36. 2
  37. SAM-un
  38. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  39. KYOO
  40. di-VEL-up

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