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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 282 · 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.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  3. 3.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  4. 4.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  7. 7.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  9. 9.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  10. 10.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  17. 17.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  18. 18.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  19. 19.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  24. 24.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  25. 25.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  34. 34.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  36. 36.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  37. 37.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  38. 38.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  39. 39.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  40. 40.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. 3
  3. KAY-oss
  4. SWEET
  5. 2
  6. u
  7. WIM-in
  8. SED
  9. RES-uh-pee
  10. EYE-lund
  11. 1
  12. SUT-ul
  13. l
  14. 1
  15. 2
  16. b
  17. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. KAY-oss
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. SEZ
  21. 1
  22. ri-SEET
  23. b
  24. sounds like “I’ll”
  25. RES-uh-pee
  26. 2
  27. VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. u
  30. 1
  31. s
  32. 2
  33. SWEET
  34. PUR-pus
  35. b
  36. VEJ-tuh-bul
  37. di-TUR-min
  38. MIS-chi-vus
  39. SKOOL
  40. ri-SEET

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