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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 293 · 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 “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  2. 2.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  3. 3.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  5. 5.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  13. 13.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  14. 14.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  19. 19.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  20. 20.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  23. 23.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  24. 24.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  35. 35.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  37. 37.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  38. 38.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  39. 39.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  40. 40.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT

Answer key

  1. SWEET
  2. SUR-kit
  3. WIM-in
  4. s
  5. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. hoh-TEL
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. l
  12. EYE-lund
  13. SKOOL
  14. FILM
  15. u
  16. 2
  17. b
  18. VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. DET
  20. EYE-lund
  21. 1
  22. b
  23. di-VEL-up
  24. SUT-ul
  25. 2
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. 1
  28. KEM-is-tree
  29. 5
  30. KYOO
  31. 3
  32. SEZ
  33. u
  34. ri-SEET
  35. di-VEL-up
  36. SKOOL
  37. STAY-shun
  38. VEJ-tuh-bul
  39. DET
  40. ri-SEET

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