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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 25 · 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.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  5. 5.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  8. 8.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  9. 9.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  10. 10.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  13. 13.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  16. 16.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  22. 22.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  31. 31.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  34. 34.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  35. 35.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  36. 36.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  37. 37.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up

Answer key

  1. p
  2. 1
  3. s
  4. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  5. SAM-un
  6. u
  7. b
  8. MIS-chi-vus
  9. SED
  10. FILM
  11. 1
  12. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  13. WENZ-day
  14. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. u
  16. SAM-un
  17. 1
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. 2
  22. WENZ-day
  23. b
  24. 2
  25. l
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. b
  30. PUR-pus
  31. DET
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. EYE-lund
  35. PEET-suh
  36. ri-SEET
  37. VEJ-tuh-bul
  38. 4
  39. WIM-in
  40. di-VEL-up

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