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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 370 · 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 “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  5. 5.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  6. 6.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  10. 10.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  13. 13.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  17. 17.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  18. 18.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  19. 19.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  20. 20.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  23. 23.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  25. 25.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  28. 28.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  29. 29.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  34. 34.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b

Answer key

  1. DET
  2. 1
  3. 3
  4. p
  5. SKOOL
  6. KUMF-tuh-bul
  7. s
  8. 1
  9. i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. SUR-kit
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. b
  13. STAY-shun
  14. u
  15. u
  16. l
  17. FILM
  18. FILM
  19. DOWT
  20. BIS-kit
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. PEET-suh
  23. SKOOL
  24. b
  25. sounds like “I’ll”
  26. 2
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. SED
  29. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  30. BIS-kit
  31. 4
  32. i-PIT-uh-mee
  33. KAY-oss
  34. di-VEL-up
  35. 2
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. SWEET
  40. b

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