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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 260 · 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) b (b) d (c) t
  2. 2.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  6. 6.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  7. 7.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  8. 8.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  9. 9.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  10. 10.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  15. 15.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  16. 16.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  17. 17.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  18. 18.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  21. 21.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  27. 27.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  28. 28.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  29. 29.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  30. 30.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  36. 36.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b

Answer key

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

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