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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 288 · 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 do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  2. 2.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  10. 10.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  11. 11.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  12. 12.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  13. 13.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  14. 14.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  15. 15.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  16. 16.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  18. 18.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  19. 19.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  22. 22.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  23. 23.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  24. 24.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  25. 25.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. 26.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  28. 28.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  30. 30.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  31. 31.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  32. 32.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  34. 34.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  37. 37.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  40. 40.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM

Answer key

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

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