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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 240 · 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 “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  3. 3.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  5. 5.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  6. 6.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  7. 7.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  8. 8.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  9. 9.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  10. 10.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  15. 15.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  18. 18.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  19. 19.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  20. 20.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  23. 23.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  27. 27.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  28. 28.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  34. 34.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  35. 35.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun

Answer key

  1. KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. p
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. 2
  5. MIS-chi-vus
  6. ri-SEET
  7. WENZ-day
  8. hoh-TEL
  9. SUR-kit
  10. di-TUR-min
  11. 2
  12. MIS-chi-vus
  13. VEJ-tuh-bul
  14. b
  15. SED
  16. b
  17. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. SUT-ul
  19. KUMF-tuh-bul
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 3
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. SUR-kit
  24. 5
  25. sounds like “I’ll”
  26. l
  27. KYOO
  28. SKOOL
  29. 1
  30. BIS-kit
  31. SAM-un
  32. 2
  33. WIM-in
  34. di-VEL-up
  35. di-TUR-min
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. FILM
  39. 3
  40. STAY-shun

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