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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 351 · 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 “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  5. 5.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  8. 8.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  12. 12.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  20. 20.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  21. 21.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  22. 22.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  23. 23.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  24. 24.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  25. 25.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  28. 28.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  29. 29.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  32. 32.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  35. 35.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. DOWT
  2. 2
  3. b
  4. u
  5. PUR-pus
  6. 2
  7. s
  8. PEET-suh
  9. i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. b
  11. p
  12. MIS-chi-vus
  13. b
  14. 1
  15. WENZ-day
  16. 1
  17. i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. 4
  19. SAM-un
  20. SKOOL
  21. BIS-kit
  22. KAY-oss
  23. RES-uh-pee
  24. DET
  25. di-VEL-up
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. SEZ
  28. KEM-is-tree
  29. SED
  30. 5
  31. SWEET
  32. SED
  33. 1
  34. l
  35. FILM
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. di-TUR-min
  39. u
  40. 1

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