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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 303 · 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.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  3. 3.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  5. 5.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  10. 10.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  11. 11.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  13. 13.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  17. 17.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  18. 18.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 20.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  21. 21.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  22. 22.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  23. 23.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  25. 25.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  36. 36.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  37. 37.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  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.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh

Answer key

  1. s
  2. p
  3. SWEET
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. KAY-oss
  6. b
  7. SED
  8. 2
  9. di-VEL-up
  10. KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. SAM-un
  12. u
  13. RES-uh-pee
  14. SUR-kit
  15. 2
  16. di-VEL-up
  17. PEET-suh
  18. WIM-in
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. PUR-pus
  22. WENZ-day
  23. KAY-oss
  24. b
  25. FILM
  26. 1
  27. KEM-is-tree
  28. 1
  29. SUR-kit
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. WIM-in
  33. 1
  34. EYE-lund
  35. u
  36. SUT-ul
  37. VEJ-tuh-bul
  38. b
  39. di-TUR-min
  40. PEET-suh

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