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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 31 · 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 “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. 4.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  5. 5.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  7. 7.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  8. 8.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  14. 14.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  15. 15.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  17. 17.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  19. 19.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  20. 20.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  26. 26.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  27. 27.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  29. 29.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  40. 40.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss

Answer key

  1. u
  2. 2
  3. KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. WIM-in
  5. EYE-lund
  6. p
  7. PUR-pus
  8. SEZ
  9. 1
  10. b
  11. 3
  12. b
  13. s
  14. PEET-suh
  15. SED
  16. 3
  17. FILM
  18. STAY-shun
  19. VEJ-tuh-bul
  20. PUR-pus
  21. 1
  22. SKOOL
  23. 2
  24. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. sounds like “I’ll”
  26. KEM-is-tree
  27. SUR-kit
  28. SUT-ul
  29. MIS-chi-vus
  30. 1
  31. 5
  32. ri-SEET
  33. l
  34. ri-SEET
  35. 2
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 2
  38. BIS-kit
  39. u
  40. KAY-oss

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