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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 366 · 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 “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  3. 3.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  4. 4.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  5. 5.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  10. 10.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  11. 11.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  12. 12.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  13. 13.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  22. 22.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  23. 23.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  29. 29.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  30. 30.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  32. 32.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  34. 34.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  35. 35.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  36. 36.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  37. 37.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  38. 38.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. sounds like “I’ll”
  2. WIM-in
  3. STAY-shun
  4. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  5. di-TUR-min
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. SUR-kit
  9. b
  10. DOWT
  11. KUMF-tuh-bul
  12. WENZ-day
  13. WIM-in
  14. s
  15. 2
  16. u
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. b
  20. l
  21. 1
  22. SEZ
  23. MIS-chi-vus
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. SKOOL
  27. 4
  28. u
  29. BIS-kit
  30. KAY-oss
  31. p
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. KAY-oss
  35. SAM-un
  36. SUT-ul
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. KEM-is-tree
  39. ri-SEET
  40. 2

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