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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 337 · 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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  2. 2.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  3. 3.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. 6.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  7. 7.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  8. 8.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  12. 12.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  16. 16.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  17. 17.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. 25.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  26. 26.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  31. 31.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  34. 34.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  37. 37.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  38. 38.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  39. 39.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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