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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 378 · 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 “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  2. 2.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  4. 4.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  7. 7.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  15. 15.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  16. 16.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  19. 19.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  20. 20.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  25. 25.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. 29.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  35. 35.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  36. 36.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul

Answer key

  1. VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  3. b
  4. EYE-lund
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. KEM-is-tree
  7. MIS-chi-vus
  8. 3
  9. SUR-kit
  10. 1
  11. l
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. ri-SEET
  15. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  16. KYOO
  17. 3
  18. hoh-TEL
  19. SUT-ul
  20. SED
  21. 2
  22. b
  23. u
  24. RES-uh-pee
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. 4
  27. DET
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. SKOOL
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. DOWT
  33. 2
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. di-TUR-min
  36. MIS-chi-vus
  37. p
  38. 2
  39. 3
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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