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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 348 · 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.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  4. 4.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  7. 7.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  10. 10.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  13. 13.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  15. 15.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  16. 16.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  17. 17.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  24. 24.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  25. 25.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  29. 29.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  32. 32.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  33. 33.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  34. 34.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  37. 37.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  38. 38.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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