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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 365 · 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 “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  4. 4.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  5. 5.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  7. 7.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  9. 9.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  10. 10.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  14. 14.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  16. 16.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  17. 17.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  18. 18.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  20. 20.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  23. 23.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  32. 32.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  34. 34.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  35. 35.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  39. 39.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  40. 40.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul

Answer key

  1. FILM
  2. 1
  3. KYOO
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. SEZ
  6. u
  7. DOWT
  8. KAY-oss
  9. STAY-shun
  10. KYOO
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. b
  14. di-TUR-min
  15. b
  16. ri-SEET
  17. SED
  18. SUR-kit
  19. l
  20. sounds like “I’ll”
  21. p
  22. EYE-lund
  23. KEM-is-tree
  24. KAY-oss
  25. 4
  26. u
  27. 2
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. SED
  30. 2
  31. SWEET
  32. BIS-kit
  33. 5
  34. sounds like “I’ll”
  35. PEET-suh
  36. 1
  37. 4
  38. SAM-un
  39. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  40. hoh-TEL

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