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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 242 · 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.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  7. 7.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  9. 9.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  10. 10.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  13. 13.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  17. 17.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  19. 19.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  21. 21.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  22. 22.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  23. 23.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  24. 24.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  25. 25.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  40. 40.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo

Answer key

  1. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. SAM-un
  3. l
  4. 1
  5. 4
  6. u
  7. KAY-oss
  8. b
  9. WENZ-day
  10. ri-SEET
  11. 1
  12. 5
  13. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. SKOOL
  15. 2
  16. s
  17. SWEET
  18. b
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. b
  21. MIS-chi-vus
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. KEM-is-tree
  24. FILM
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. ri-SEET
  29. SED
  30. p
  31. SAM-un
  32. DET
  33. 2
  34. RES-uh-pee
  35. u
  36. 3
  37. i-PIT-uh-mee
  38. 1
  39. DOWT
  40. KYOO

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