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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 281 · 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 “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  3. 3.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  4. 4.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  10. 10.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  11. 11.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  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.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  22. 22.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  23. 23.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  29. 29.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  30. 30.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  31. 31.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  35. 35.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  37. 37.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  38. 38.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  39. 39.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  40. 40.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. s
  3. RES-uh-pee
  4. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. DOWT
  8. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  9. VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. di-TUR-min
  11. ri-SEET
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. SKOOL
  15. 2
  16. SEZ
  17. KUMF-tuh-bul
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. KEM-is-tree
  22. SWEET
  23. SUT-ul
  24. 2
  25. 4
  26. 1
  27. DOWT
  28. b
  29. EYE-lund
  30. SED
  31. EYE-lund
  32. 2
  33. l
  34. ri-SEET
  35. SAM-un
  36. b
  37. i-PIT-uh-mee
  38. hoh-TEL
  39. DET
  40. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer

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