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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 207 · 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 “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. 4.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  5. 5.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  7. 7.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  8. 8.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  9. 9.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  10. 10.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  13. 13.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  17. 17.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  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 “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  28. 28.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  31. 31.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul

Answer key

  1. l
  2. 1
  3. VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. MIS-chi-vus
  5. BIS-kit
  6. b
  7. PUR-pus
  8. di-VEL-up
  9. DET
  10. SUT-ul
  11. 2
  12. EYE-lund
  13. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. 3
  15. PEET-suh
  16. di-TUR-min
  17. PEET-suh
  18. 2
  19. 1
  20. SKOOL
  21. di-TUR-min
  22. hoh-TEL
  23. u
  24. 2
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. SKOOL
  27. b
  28. WIM-in
  29. 1
  30. u
  31. ri-SEET
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. WIM-in
  34. KYOO
  35. 2
  36. 1
  37. sounds like “I’ll”
  38. 3
  39. b
  40. KUMF-tuh-bul

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