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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 294 · 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 “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  4. 4.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  5. 5.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  12. 12.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  13. 13.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  14. 14.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. 15.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  16. 16.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  18. 18.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  22. 22.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  23. 23.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  24. 24.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  26. 26.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  28. 28.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  34. 34.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  39. 39.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  40. 40.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. PEET-suh
  4. SAM-un
  5. STAY-shun
  6. p
  7. b
  8. DOWT
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. KYOO
  12. EYE-lund
  13. MIS-chi-vus
  14. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. BIS-kit
  16. PEET-suh
  17. 1
  18. KEM-is-tree
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. ri-SEET
  22. WENZ-day
  23. KEM-is-tree
  24. FILM
  25. b
  26. di-TUR-min
  27. FILM
  28. SED
  29. sounds like “I’ll”
  30. 1
  31. s
  32. 1
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. WIM-in
  35. 2
  36. RES-uh-pee
  37. 4
  38. PUR-pus
  39. SUT-ul
  40. BIS-kit

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