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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 311 · 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 “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  4. 4.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  8. 8.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  9. 9.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  10. 10.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  11. 11.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  15. 15.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  16. 16.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  17. 17.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  21. 21.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  24. 24.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  25. 25.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  26. 26.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  28. 28.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  30. 30.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  31. 31.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  39. 39.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  40. 40.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut

Answer key

  1. SKOOL
  2. 1
  3. KYOO
  4. KEM-is-tree
  5. p
  6. 2
  7. b
  8. SEZ
  9. BIS-kit
  10. MIS-chi-vus
  11. SWEET
  12. di-TUR-min
  13. 2
  14. WIM-in
  15. EYE-lund
  16. SUT-ul
  17. SAM-un
  18. 4
  19. hoh-TEL
  20. ri-SEET
  21. ri-SEET
  22. b
  23. l
  24. FILM
  25. MIS-chi-vus
  26. DET
  27. 2
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. s
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. PUR-pus
  32. 2
  33. u
  34. 2
  35. RES-uh-pee
  36. SKOOL
  37. KUMF-tuh-bul
  38. FILM
  39. SAM-un
  40. DOWT

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