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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 204 · 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 “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  2. 2.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  3. 3.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  16. 16.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  17. 17.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  18. 18.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  19. 19.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  20. 20.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  21. 21.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  22. 22.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  23. 23.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  37. 37.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  38. 38.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  39. 39.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  40. 40.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN

Answer key

  1. KEM-is-tree
  2. KYOO
  3. MIS-chi-vus
  4. b
  5. b
  6. 2
  7. sounds like “I’ll”
  8. 2
  9. u
  10. p
  11. 1
  12. SAM-un
  13. l
  14. s
  15. 2
  16. SUR-kit
  17. KUMF-tuh-bul
  18. KYOO
  19. MIS-chi-vus
  20. SKOOL
  21. di-TUR-min
  22. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. RES-uh-pee
  24. 3
  25. 1
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. ri-SEET
  28. 2
  29. b
  30. 2
  31. SEZ
  32. 2
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. SKOOL
  35. 1
  36. PUR-pus
  37. ri-SEET
  38. DET
  39. PEET-suh
  40. SAM-un

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