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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 251 · 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 “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  3. 3.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  7. 7.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  8. 8.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  9. 9.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. 10.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  14. 14.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  26. 26.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  27. 27.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  28. 28.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  29. 29.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  30. 30.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  32. 32.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  34. 34.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  36. 36.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  37. 37.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  38. 38.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. 39.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  40. 40.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us

Answer key

  1. b
  2. sounds like “I’ll”
  3. KAY-oss
  4. b
  5. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  6. FILM
  7. RES-uh-pee
  8. SUR-kit
  9. VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. i-PIT-uh-mee
  11. 3
  12. 3
  13. SED
  14. ri-SEET
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. b
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. PUR-pus
  21. 3
  22. 1
  23. 3
  24. l
  25. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  26. KYOO
  27. SKOOL
  28. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. STAY-shun
  30. SED
  31. u
  32. VEJ-tuh-bul
  33. s
  34. SEZ
  35. p
  36. WIM-in
  37. di-VEL-up
  38. i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. EYE-lund
  40. MIS-chi-vus

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