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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 358 · 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 “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  2. 2.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  6. 6.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  8. 8.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  9. 9.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  11. 11.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  13. 13.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  21. 21.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  24. 24.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  25. 25.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. 26.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  27. 27.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  28. 28.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  29. 29.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  30. 30.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  35. 35.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  38. 38.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  2. PEET-suh
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. u
  6. SUR-kit
  7. b
  8. STAY-shun
  9. MIS-chi-vus
  10. s
  11. SUT-ul
  12. b
  13. DOWT
  14. b
  15. 2
  16. WIM-in
  17. 1
  18. l
  19. 2
  20. WENZ-day
  21. DET
  22. 1
  23. RES-uh-pee
  24. PUR-pus
  25. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. BIS-kit
  27. di-VEL-up
  28. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. STAY-shun
  30. i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. KUMF-tuh-bul
  33. 3
  34. KAY-oss
  35. sounds like “I’ll”
  36. p
  37. u
  38. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. 1
  40. 2

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