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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 381 · 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 “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  5. 5.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  6. 6.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  10. 10.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  15. 15.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  16. 16.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  19. 19.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  20. 20.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  24. 24.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  25. 25.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  34. 34.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  35. 35.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. SKOOL
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. di-VEL-up
  5. ri-SEET
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. b
  8. MIS-chi-vus
  9. KYOO
  10. KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. 2
  12. p
  13. 3
  14. EYE-lund
  15. SWEET
  16. BIS-kit
  17. 2
  18. sounds like “I’ll”
  19. SKOOL
  20. PUR-pus
  21. 1
  22. RES-uh-pee
  23. u
  24. sounds like “I’ll”
  25. SEZ
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. WENZ-day
  30. PEET-suh
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. PUR-pus
  34. FILM
  35. WENZ-day
  36. SAM-un
  37. 5
  38. 4
  39. EYE-lund
  40. 1

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