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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 279 · 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 “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  5. 5.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  6. 6.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  7. 7.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  8. 8.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  16. 16.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  17. 17.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  28. 28.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  30. 30.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  33. 33.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  34. 34.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  35. 35.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  39. 39.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. PUR-pus
  3. 2
  4. STAY-shun
  5. MIS-chi-vus
  6. KEM-is-tree
  7. DET
  8. PEET-suh
  9. s
  10. 2
  11. EYE-lund
  12. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  13. 2
  14. VEJ-tuh-bul
  15. u
  16. di-TUR-min
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. 2
  19. 1
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. l
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. 4
  26. 1
  27. u
  28. ri-SEET
  29. p
  30. di-TUR-min
  31. 3
  32. MIS-chi-vus
  33. DOWT
  34. SAM-un
  35. SWEET
  36. b
  37. 2
  38. di-VEL-up
  39. SUR-kit
  40. 2

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