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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 335 · 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 “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  7. 7.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  12. 12.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  13. 13.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  17. 17.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  18. 18.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 20.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  21. 21.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (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.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  37. 37.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  38. 38.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  40. 40.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE

Answer key

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

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