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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 34 · 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 “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  3. 3.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  12. 12.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  17. 17.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  18. 18.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  19. 19.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  22. 22.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  23. 23.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  24. 24.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  25. 25.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  29. 29.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  31. 31.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  32. 32.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  33. 33.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u

Answer key

  1. SUR-kit
  2. s
  3. SAM-un
  4. 2
  5. b
  6. KUMF-tuh-bul
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. ri-SEET
  11. b
  12. SEZ
  13. 2
  14. VEJ-tuh-bul
  15. PUR-pus
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. SWEET
  18. SUT-ul
  19. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  20. 1
  21. KEM-is-tree
  22. WENZ-day
  23. SED
  24. SUR-kit
  25. hoh-TEL
  26. 2
  27. EYE-lund
  28. p
  29. PEET-suh
  30. BIS-kit
  31. EYE-lund
  32. hoh-TEL
  33. KEM-is-tree
  34. 2
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. KYOO
  39. 2
  40. u

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