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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 248 · 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) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  4. 4.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  5. 5.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  7. 7.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  9. 9.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  12. 12.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  15. 15.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  16. 16.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  17. 17.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  18. 18.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  19. 19.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  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 “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  26. 26.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  33. 33.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  34. 34.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  37. 37.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  38. 38.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  39. 39.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  40. 40.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE

Answer key

  1. WIM-in
  2. 3
  3. SUR-kit
  4. WENZ-day
  5. sounds like “I’ll”
  6. b
  7. FILM
  8. b
  9. SAM-un
  10. 3
  11. l
  12. DOWT
  13. s
  14. u
  15. SUT-ul
  16. KAY-oss
  17. SED
  18. EYE-lund
  19. WIM-in
  20. 2
  21. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. u
  26. VEJ-tuh-bul
  27. STAY-shun
  28. 2
  29. SEZ
  30. KUMF-tuh-bul
  31. 2
  32. SUR-kit
  33. MIS-chi-vus
  34. KUMF-tuh-bul
  35. ri-SEET
  36. SWEET
  37. di-TUR-min
  38. MIS-chi-vus
  39. RES-uh-pee
  40. PUR-pus

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