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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 313 · 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 “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  2. 2.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  5. 5.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  6. 6.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  12. 12.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  15. 15.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  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.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  19. 19.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  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 many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  25. 25.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. 26.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  30. 30.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  34. 34.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  35. 35.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  36. 36.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  37. 37.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  38. 38.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  39. 39.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. STAY-shun
  2. SKOOL
  3. SUR-kit
  4. l
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. hoh-TEL
  11. b
  12. PEET-suh
  13. 1
  14. p
  15. SAM-un
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. SKOOL
  18. STAY-shun
  19. SUR-kit
  20. ri-SEET
  21. 2
  22. s
  23. u
  24. b
  25. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. SEZ
  27. u
  28. 2
  29. BIS-kit
  30. DOWT
  31. WIM-in
  32. 2
  33. BIS-kit
  34. VEJ-tuh-bul
  35. di-VEL-up
  36. SED
  37. WENZ-day
  38. KAY-oss
  39. SUT-ul
  40. 3

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