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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 231 · 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.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  5. 5.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  6. 6.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  11. 11.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  13. 13.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  14. 14.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  15. 15.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  16. 16.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  17. 17.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  20. 20.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  21. 21.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  27. 27.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  28. 28.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  29. 29.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  30. 30.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  34. 34.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  39. 39.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  40. 40.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund

Answer key

  1. b
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. PUR-pus
  5. i-PIT-uh-mee
  6. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  7. u
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. VEJ-tuh-bul
  11. STAY-shun
  12. 3
  13. KAY-oss
  14. SED
  15. SWEET
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. KAY-oss
  18. STAY-shun
  19. b
  20. WIM-in
  21. KUMF-tuh-bul
  22. b
  23. 4
  24. SUT-ul
  25. 2
  26. BIS-kit
  27. SEZ
  28. ri-SEET
  29. FILM
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. 1
  32. 4
  33. p
  34. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  35. 2
  36. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. 1
  38. hoh-TEL
  39. i-PIT-uh-mee
  40. EYE-lund

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