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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 233 · 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 “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  2. 2.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  3. 3.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  4. 4.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  7. 7.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  8. 8.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  9. 9.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  11. 11.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  13. 13.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  15. 15.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  16. 16.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  17. 17.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  21. 21.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  26. 26.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  34. 34.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  36. 36.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  37. 37.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  38. 38.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  39. 39.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  40. 40.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS

Answer key

  1. WIM-in
  2. KUMF-tuh-bul
  3. EYE-lund
  4. PEET-suh
  5. b
  6. SUR-kit
  7. RES-uh-pee
  8. STAY-shun
  9. SED
  10. b
  11. PEET-suh
  12. BIS-kit
  13. di-TUR-min
  14. WENZ-day
  15. SED
  16. SUT-ul
  17. sounds like “I’ll”
  18. s
  19. 2
  20. SEZ
  21. hoh-TEL
  22. p
  23. u
  24. 2
  25. l
  26. VEJ-tuh-bul
  27. 1
  28. SKOOL
  29. 2
  30. 1
  31. BIS-kit
  32. SUR-kit
  33. b
  34. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  35. u
  36. KEM-is-tree
  37. WIM-in
  38. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  39. di-VEL-up
  40. KAY-oss

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