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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 237 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  6. 6.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  9. 9.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  10. 10.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  12. 12.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  16. 16.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. 21.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  30. 30.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  33. 33.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  35. 35.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  36. 36.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  37. 37.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  39. 39.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. u
  3. b
  4. hoh-TEL
  5. FILM
  6. PEET-suh
  7. 5
  8. SUR-kit
  9. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. di-VEL-up
  11. b
  12. SWEET
  13. 3
  14. KAY-oss
  15. EYE-lund
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. 2
  19. p
  20. KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 1
  26. u
  27. WENZ-day
  28. 2
  29. SUR-kit
  30. hoh-TEL
  31. 2
  32. b
  33. BIS-kit
  34. l
  35. EYE-lund
  36. PUR-pus
  37. SEZ
  38. SAM-un
  39. SAM-un
  40. WENZ-day

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