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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 230 · 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 “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  2. 2.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  4. 4.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  5. 5.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  13. 13.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  16. 16.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  18. 18.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  19. 19.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  21. 21.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  22. 22.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  26. 26.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  27. 27.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  29. 29.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  32. 32.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  37. 37.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  38. 38.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day

Answer key

  1. WENZ-day
  2. DET
  3. b
  4. DET
  5. SKOOL
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. PUR-pus
  11. 3
  12. u
  13. SUT-ul
  14. 2
  15. EYE-lund
  16. WIM-in
  17. p
  18. SEZ
  19. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  20. SEZ
  21. KYOO
  22. KEM-is-tree
  23. 2
  24. SKOOL
  25. b
  26. sounds like “I’ll”
  27. KUMF-tuh-bul
  28. b
  29. VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. 1
  31. EYE-lund
  32. SED
  33. u
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. KAY-oss
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. 1
  40. WENZ-day

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