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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 369 · 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 “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  2. 2.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  3. 3.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  6. 6.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  15. 15.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  16. 16.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  19. 19.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  22. 22.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  23. 23.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  24. 24.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  28. 28.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  29. 29.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  36. 36.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  37. 37.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  38. 38.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT

Answer key

  1. KEM-is-tree
  2. SEZ
  3. WIM-in
  4. 1
  5. WENZ-day
  6. DOWT
  7. KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. RES-uh-pee
  9. l
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. ri-SEET
  14. p
  15. hoh-TEL
  16. DOWT
  17. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. s
  19. KAY-oss
  20. 1
  21. KEM-is-tree
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. SAM-un
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. KYOO
  26. b
  27. b
  28. SKOOL
  29. PUR-pus
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. SUT-ul
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. u
  36. FILM
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. SWEET
  39. u
  40. SUR-kit

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