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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 269 · 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 “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  3. 3.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  4. 4.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  15. 15.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  16. 16.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  21. 21.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. 22.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  25. 25.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  30. 30.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  31. 31.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  34. 34.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day

Answer key

  1. b
  2. b
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. KAY-oss
  5. 2
  6. s
  7. u
  8. b
  9. 3
  10. di-TUR-min
  11. p
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. SUR-kit
  15. SEZ
  16. hoh-TEL
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. hoh-TEL
  20. SEZ
  21. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  22. WIM-in
  23. l
  24. SUR-kit
  25. KYOO
  26. 2
  27. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  28. 2
  29. SAM-un
  30. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  31. KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. u
  34. DET
  35. 1
  36. 5
  37. MIS-chi-vus
  38. sounds like “I’ll”
  39. 1
  40. WENZ-day

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