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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 324 · 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 “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  8. 8.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  13. 13.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  15. 15.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  16. 16.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  17. 17.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  18. 18.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  24. 24.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  26. 26.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  30. 30.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  31. 31.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  32. 32.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  39. 39.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  40. 40.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss

Answer key

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

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