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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 357 · 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 “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  5. 5.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. 6.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  7. 7.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  12. 12.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  15. 15.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  16. 16.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  19. 19.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  20. 20.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  22. 22.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  28. 28.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  29. 29.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  30. 30.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  37. 37.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. 2
  3. RES-uh-pee
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. KYOO
  8. SED
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. SKOOL
  12. KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. b
  14. MIS-chi-vus
  15. di-TUR-min
  16. EYE-lund
  17. 3
  18. u
  19. SWEET
  20. DOWT
  21. u
  22. WENZ-day
  23. 4
  24. ri-SEET
  25. s
  26. 2
  27. PUR-pus
  28. SEZ
  29. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  30. WIM-in
  31. 2
  32. PUR-pus
  33. VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. 2
  35. b
  36. EYE-lund
  37. KEM-is-tree
  38. p
  39. 2
  40. BIS-kit

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