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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 226 · 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 “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  3. 3.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  5. 5.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  8. 8.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  11. 11.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  12. 12.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  18. 18.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  20. 20.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  22. 22.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  23. 23.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  29. 29.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  30. 30.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  33. 33.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  35. 35.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  36. 36.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  40. 40.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul

Answer key

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

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