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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 212 · 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 “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  7. 7.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  8. 8.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  10. 10.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  16. 16.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  17. 17.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  20. 20.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  21. 21.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  22. 22.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  26. 26.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  33. 33.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  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 “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  36. 36.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  37. 37.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. DET
  2. 2
  3. SKOOL
  4. u
  5. 2
  6. SUT-ul
  7. WIM-in
  8. SKOOL
  9. p
  10. BIS-kit
  11. EYE-lund
  12. b
  13. b
  14. 3
  15. RES-uh-pee
  16. PEET-suh
  17. VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. 2
  19. SAM-un
  20. DET
  21. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  22. KYOO
  23. VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 2
  25. l
  26. KEM-is-tree
  27. 2
  28. b
  29. 2
  30. SUT-ul
  31. 1
  32. u
  33. SWEET
  34. BIS-kit
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. sounds like “I’ll”
  37. SAM-un
  38. s
  39. KEM-is-tree
  40. 2

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