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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 22 · 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-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  4. 4.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  8. 8.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. 10.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  11. 11.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  18. 18.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  20. 20.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  21. 21.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  22. 22.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  27. 27.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  29. 29.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  31. 31.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  35. 35.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  36. 36.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  39. 39.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. KEM-is-tree
  2. b
  3. l
  4. KEM-is-tree
  5. 2
  6. b
  7. u
  8. FILM
  9. KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. hoh-TEL
  11. SKOOL
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. RES-uh-pee
  15. 2
  16. i-PIT-uh-mee
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. di-VEL-up
  19. WENZ-day
  20. SED
  21. SWEET
  22. SAM-un
  23. 3
  24. STAY-shun
  25. ri-SEET
  26. 2
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. SWEET
  29. SEZ
  30. SUT-ul
  31. ri-SEET
  32. SUR-kit
  33. WIM-in
  34. KAY-oss
  35. WIM-in
  36. PEET-suh
  37. u
  38. s
  39. DET
  40. 1

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