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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 232 · 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 “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. 2.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  3. 3.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  4. 4.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  5. 5.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  6. 6.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  7. 7.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  8. 8.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  10. 10.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  12. 12.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  13. 13.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  16. 16.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  17. 17.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  32. 32.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  33. 33.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  39. 39.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. DOWT
  3. SAM-un
  4. sounds like “I’ll”
  5. WIM-in
  6. STAY-shun
  7. SED
  8. PUR-pus
  9. b
  10. STAY-shun
  11. l
  12. BIS-kit
  13. WIM-in
  14. 1
  15. SEZ
  16. SUR-kit
  17. DET
  18. 3
  19. WENZ-day
  20. 2
  21. p
  22. ri-SEET
  23. s
  24. u
  25. 5
  26. SWEET
  27. b
  28. 3
  29. DOWT
  30. 4
  31. u
  32. DET
  33. SEZ
  34. PEET-suh
  35. 2
  36. PEET-suh
  37. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  38. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  39. hoh-TEL
  40. 1

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