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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 327 · 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 “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  9. 9.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  15. 15.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  25. 25.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  26. 26.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  27. 27.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  28. 28.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. 29.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  32. 32.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  33. 33.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  35. 35.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  37. 37.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  40. 40.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us

Answer key

  1. SWEET
  2. 5
  3. FILM
  4. DOWT
  5. 1
  6. s
  7. KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. VEJ-tuh-bul
  9. DET
  10. 2
  11. 4
  12. l
  13. 2
  14. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  15. SEZ
  16. STAY-shun
  17. b
  18. u
  19. 1
  20. SAM-un
  21. 2
  22. BIS-kit
  23. b
  24. ri-SEET
  25. EYE-lund
  26. PUR-pus
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. PUR-pus
  30. 2
  31. WENZ-day
  32. RES-uh-pee
  33. SED
  34. 1
  35. i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. p
  37. MIS-chi-vus
  38. 3
  39. RES-uh-pee
  40. MIS-chi-vus

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