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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 200 · 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 “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  7. 7.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  10. 10.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  14. 14.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  15. 15.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  16. 16.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  17. 17.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  18. 18.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  19. 19.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  20. 20.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  24. 24.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  27. 27.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  28. 28.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  31. 31.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  32. 32.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  34. 34.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  36. 36.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. SUR-kit
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. b
  5. 1
  6. RES-uh-pee
  7. VEJ-tuh-bul
  8. 1
  9. ri-SEET
  10. FILM
  11. u
  12. 3
  13. SEZ
  14. PEET-suh
  15. WENZ-day
  16. sounds like “I’ll”
  17. PEET-suh
  18. WIM-in
  19. di-TUR-min
  20. SUR-kit
  21. 4
  22. p
  23. SWEET
  24. i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  26. DET
  27. STAY-shun
  28. hoh-TEL
  29. 2
  30. l
  31. hoh-TEL
  32. MIS-chi-vus
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. EYE-lund
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. SUT-ul
  37. 5
  38. SWEET
  39. ri-SEET
  40. 2

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