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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 266 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  5. 5.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  6. 6.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  7. 7.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  8. 8.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  10. 10.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  14. 14.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  15. 15.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  17. 17.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. 18.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  22. 22.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  23. 23.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  26. 26.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  27. 27.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  31. 31.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  32. 32.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  36. 36.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  37. 37.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. p
  3. 1
  4. SAM-un
  5. sounds like “I’ll”
  6. KEM-is-tree
  7. KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. di-TUR-min
  9. b
  10. VEJ-tuh-bul
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. ri-SEET
  14. BIS-kit
  15. KUMF-tuh-bul
  16. l
  17. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. FILM
  19. 2
  20. 2
  21. SUT-ul
  22. di-TUR-min
  23. SAM-un
  24. u
  25. u
  26. SED
  27. SWEET
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. DOWT
  31. SWEET
  32. EYE-lund
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. 2
  35. di-VEL-up
  36. DOWT
  37. PEET-suh
  38. 1
  39. SED
  40. 1

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