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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 304 · 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 do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  8. 8.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  10. 10.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  11. 11.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  14. 14.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  15. 15.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  25. 25.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  26. 26.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  27. 27.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  30. 30.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  31. 31.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  40. 40.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND

Answer key

  1. di-TUR-min
  2. 3
  3. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. FILM
  5. 2
  6. l
  7. p
  8. SUR-kit
  9. b
  10. RES-uh-pee
  11. SAM-un
  12. 1
  13. SUT-ul
  14. SAM-un
  15. ri-SEET
  16. 2
  17. 3
  18. DOWT
  19. 2
  20. KAY-oss
  21. 1
  22. u
  23. 2
  24. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. WIM-in
  26. hoh-TEL
  27. sounds like “I’ll”
  28. 2
  29. PEET-suh
  30. sounds like “I’ll”
  31. di-VEL-up
  32. b
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. di-VEL-up
  35. 3
  36. i-PIT-uh-mee
  37. 2
  38. STAY-shun
  39. b
  40. EYE-lund

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