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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 221 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  5. 5.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  7. 7.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  9. 9.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  12. 12.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  17. 17.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  18. 18.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  19. 19.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  22. 22.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  23. 23.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  31. 31.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  32. 32.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  34. 34.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. FILM
  3. 2
  4. KYOO
  5. SUR-kit
  6. p
  7. PEET-suh
  8. SED
  9. VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. 2
  11. STAY-shun
  12. MIS-chi-vus
  13. 3
  14. DET
  15. b
  16. u
  17. sounds like “I’ll”
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. SED
  20. 1
  21. SEZ
  22. KEM-is-tree
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. 2
  25. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. 1
  27. MIS-chi-vus
  28. 4
  29. b
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. FILM
  32. ri-SEET
  33. WIM-in
  34. DOWT
  35. 4
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. EYE-lund
  39. b
  40. 2

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