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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 377 · 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 “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  3. 3.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  5. 5.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  6. 6.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  7. 7.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  9. 9.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  14. 14.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  20. 20.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  21. 21.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  22. 22.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  23. 23.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  24. 24.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  28. 28.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  29. 29.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  30. 30.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  37. 37.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  39. 39.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day

Answer key

  1. SAM-un
  2. PEET-suh
  3. di-VEL-up
  4. l
  5. PEET-suh
  6. KEM-is-tree
  7. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  8. b
  9. FILM
  10. sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 2
  12. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  13. u
  14. SUR-kit
  15. 5
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. b
  20. SWEET
  21. KYOO
  22. KAY-oss
  23. SUR-kit
  24. KEM-is-tree
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. SUT-ul
  28. SKOOL
  29. SUT-ul
  30. ri-SEET
  31. 2
  32. KAY-oss
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 4
  35. sounds like “I’ll”
  36. p
  37. di-TUR-min
  38. s
  39. DOWT
  40. WENZ-day

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