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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 271 · 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 “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  5. 5.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  9. 9.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  10. 10.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  11. 11.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  16. 16.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  18. 18.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  19. 19.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  20. 20.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  23. 23.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  26. 26.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  29. 29.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  30. 30.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. b
  3. 1
  4. SUR-kit
  5. SAM-un
  6. 2
  7. b
  8. s
  9. SUT-ul
  10. FILM
  11. SKOOL
  12. u
  13. u
  14. 2
  15. KAY-oss
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. KUMF-tuh-bul
  18. MIS-chi-vus
  19. di-TUR-min
  20. WENZ-day
  21. 2
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. WIM-in
  24. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  25. DET
  26. di-TUR-min
  27. 4
  28. KEM-is-tree
  29. DOWT
  30. SEZ
  31. p
  32. SWEET
  33. PUR-pus
  34. 2
  35. KAY-oss
  36. 4
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. BIS-kit
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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