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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 310 · 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.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  3. 3.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  8. 8.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  10. 10.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  11. 11.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  14. 14.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  15. 15.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  16. 16.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  26. 26.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  27. 27.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  37. 37.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul

Answer key

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

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