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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 368 · 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-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  4. 4.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  5. 5.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  7. 7.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  8. 8.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  10. 10.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  12. 12.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  24. 24.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  27. 27.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  30. 30.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  31. 31.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  32. 32.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  33. 33.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  34. 34.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  36. 36.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  37. 37.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  38. 38.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon

Answer key

  1. SUR-kit
  2. 3
  3. hoh-TEL
  4. BIS-kit
  5. SKOOL
  6. s
  7. SWEET
  8. EYE-lund
  9. b
  10. SUT-ul
  11. b
  12. DOWT
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. KUMF-tuh-bul
  16. WIM-in
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. b
  20. 1
  21. KAY-oss
  22. 2
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. PEET-suh
  25. 2
  26. l
  27. KUMF-tuh-bul
  28. 1
  29. sounds like “I’ll”
  30. SED
  31. SUR-kit
  32. VEJ-tuh-bul
  33. PEET-suh
  34. i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. u
  36. KYOO
  37. PUR-pus
  38. FILM
  39. ri-SEET
  40. SAM-un

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