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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 374 · 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 “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  6. 6.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  8. 8.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  10. 10.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  18. 18.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  20. 20.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  33. 33.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  34. 34.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  35. 35.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  39. 39.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  40. 40.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul

Answer key

  1. SEZ
  2. 1
  3. b
  4. b
  5. WENZ-day
  6. i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. s
  8. SKOOL
  9. KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. DET
  11. 5
  12. EYE-lund
  13. u
  14. 2
  15. DOWT
  16. 1
  17. WENZ-day
  18. hoh-TEL
  19. l
  20. ri-SEET
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. 4
  23. VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. KEM-is-tree
  25. SWEET
  26. u
  27. 2
  28. KEM-is-tree
  29. 1
  30. p
  31. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. STAY-shun
  34. i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. DET
  36. b
  37. 2
  38. WIM-in
  39. SUR-kit
  40. hoh-TEL

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