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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 245 · 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 “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  3. 3.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  8. 8.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  9. 9.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  11. 11.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  13. 13.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  25. 25.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  28. 28.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  33. 33.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  34. 34.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  39. 39.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. RES-uh-pee
  3. hoh-TEL
  4. b
  5. 3
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. u
  8. KUMF-tuh-bul
  9. DOWT
  10. DOWT
  11. SAM-un
  12. l
  13. EYE-lund
  14. 1
  15. 1
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. 3
  18. p
  19. 2
  20. ri-SEET
  21. 2
  22. KYOO
  23. KYOO
  24. b
  25. FILM
  26. SKOOL
  27. u
  28. FILM
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. SUR-kit
  32. STAY-shun
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. SED
  35. 2
  36. 1
  37. SUT-ul
  38. SAM-un
  39. BIS-kit
  40. 2

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