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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 209 · 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 “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  6. 6.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  7. 7.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  8. 8.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  11. 11.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  13. 13.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  15. 15.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  18. 18.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  21. 21.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  26. 26.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  27. 27.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  28. 28.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  34. 34.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  35. 35.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  36. 36.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  37. 37.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  39. 39.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. STAY-shun
  2. b
  3. 2
  4. 4
  5. ri-SEET
  6. hoh-TEL
  7. KEM-is-tree
  8. DOWT
  9. b
  10. s
  11. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. l
  13. VEJ-tuh-bul
  14. PEET-suh
  15. DET
  16. 2
  17. i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. PEET-suh
  19. 3
  20. p
  21. i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. 3
  23. SEZ
  24. ri-SEET
  25. PUR-pus
  26. di-TUR-min
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. SEZ
  29. 3
  30. FILM
  31. u
  32. 2
  33. b
  34. BIS-kit
  35. WIM-in
  36. WENZ-day
  37. KAY-oss
  38. STAY-shun
  39. WIM-in
  40. 1

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