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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 289 · 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 “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  4. 4.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  5. 5.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  10. 10.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  14. 14.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  15. 15.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  17. 17.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  19. 19.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  20. 20.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  21. 21.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  24. 24.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  25. 25.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  28. 28.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  31. 31.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  34. 34.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  35. 35.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  36. 36.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  37. 37.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  39. 39.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. DET
  4. SKOOL
  5. hoh-TEL
  6. u
  7. 1
  8. di-VEL-up
  9. l
  10. WIM-in
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. sounds like “I’ll”
  14. FILM
  15. PEET-suh
  16. s
  17. SUT-ul
  18. u
  19. ri-SEET
  20. SWEET
  21. SAM-un
  22. 1
  23. b
  24. STAY-shun
  25. SKOOL
  26. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  27. SAM-un
  28. WENZ-day
  29. 5
  30. SUR-kit
  31. KEM-is-tree
  32. 2
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. MIS-chi-vus
  35. PUR-pus
  36. SED
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. 2
  39. di-VEL-up
  40. b

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