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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 298 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  4. 4.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  11. 11.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  16. 16.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  19. 19.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. 20.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  31. 31.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  32. 32.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  40. 40.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. EYE-lund
  3. b
  4. ri-SEET
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. b
  7. s
  8. 1
  9. DOWT
  10. p
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. l
  13. sounds like “I’ll”
  14. PEET-suh
  15. b
  16. FILM
  17. 3
  18. WENZ-day
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. RES-uh-pee
  21. SED
  22. 1
  23. u
  24. ri-SEET
  25. 2
  26. PUR-pus
  27. 5
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  31. SUT-ul
  32. MIS-chi-vus
  33. 3
  34. KAY-oss
  35. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  36. 2
  37. FILM
  38. 1
  39. di-TUR-min
  40. SED

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