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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 345 · 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 “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  3. 3.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  4. 4.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  6. 6.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  8. 8.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  9. 9.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  10. 10.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  15. 15.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  18. 18.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  23. 23.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  24. 24.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  25. 25.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  26. 26.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  27. 27.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  35. 35.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  37. 37.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up

Answer key

  1. KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. b
  3. SED
  4. sounds like “I’ll”
  5. WENZ-day
  6. VEJ-tuh-bul
  7. u
  8. PUR-pus
  9. SUT-ul
  10. SUT-ul
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. u
  14. SED
  15. KEM-is-tree
  16. 1
  17. SUR-kit
  18. di-VEL-up
  19. p
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. b
  23. di-TUR-min
  24. BIS-kit
  25. SUR-kit
  26. WIM-in
  27. RES-uh-pee
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. b
  30. ri-SEET
  31. 2
  32. 4
  33. KYOO
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. 3
  37. PUR-pus
  38. 1
  39. 2
  40. di-VEL-up

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