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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 283 · 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 “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  9. 9.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  12. 12.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  13. 13.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  14. 14.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  16. 16.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  18. 18.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  26. 26.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  28. 28.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  36. 36.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  37. 37.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  38. 38.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  39. 39.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  40. 40.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. WENZ-day
  3. 2
  4. SUR-kit
  5. 2
  6. u
  7. 2
  8. BIS-kit
  9. i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. 3
  11. b
  12. PUR-pus
  13. EYE-lund
  14. SWEET
  15. KAY-oss
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. STAY-shun
  18. di-TUR-min
  19. hoh-TEL
  20. u
  21. 2
  22. KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. KEM-is-tree
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. s
  28. di-TUR-min
  29. 1
  30. 4
  31. p
  32. KYOO
  33. 5
  34. 1
  35. SUR-kit
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. FILM
  38. EYE-lund
  39. PUR-pus
  40. BIS-kit

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