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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 367 · 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 “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  2. 2.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  3. 3.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  5. 5.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  10. 10.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  13. 13.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  19. 19.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  20. 20.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  21. 21.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  22. 22.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  23. 23.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  32. 32.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  33. 33.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  36. 36.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  37. 37.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  38. 38.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  39. 39.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul

Answer key

  1. SUR-kit
  2. STAY-shun
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. u
  5. KAY-oss
  6. b
  7. EYE-lund
  8. s
  9. b
  10. DET
  11. 4
  12. SKOOL
  13. KYOO
  14. u
  15. FILM
  16. 1
  17. DET
  18. b
  19. SAM-un
  20. di-TUR-min
  21. WIM-in
  22. i-PIT-uh-mee
  23. BIS-kit
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. di-VEL-up
  27. ri-SEET
  28. 2
  29. VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. RES-uh-pee
  31. l
  32. PEET-suh
  33. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  34. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  35. MIS-chi-vus
  36. DOWT
  37. i-PIT-uh-mee
  38. di-TUR-min
  39. SEZ
  40. KUMF-tuh-bul

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