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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 372 · 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 “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  2. 2.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  3. 3.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  5. 5.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  6. 6.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  9. 9.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  15. 15.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  16. 16.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  22. 22.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  27. 27.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  28. 28.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  29. 29.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  30. 30.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  31. 31.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  34. 34.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  35. 35.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  36. 36.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  2. KYOO
  3. EYE-lund
  4. l
  5. SED
  6. KUMF-tuh-bul
  7. 4
  8. FILM
  9. SAM-un
  10. u
  11. b
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. b
  15. hoh-TEL
  16. SUT-ul
  17. 2
  18. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. sounds like “I’ll”
  22. SWEET
  23. p
  24. KAY-oss
  25. s
  26. SKOOL
  27. KEM-is-tree
  28. SEZ
  29. PEET-suh
  30. RES-uh-pee
  31. ri-SEET
  32. 2
  33. PUR-pus
  34. SEZ
  35. MIS-chi-vus
  36. i-PIT-uh-mee
  37. 4
  38. 3
  39. MIS-chi-vus
  40. 1

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