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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 382 · 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 “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  6. 6.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  9. 9.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  13. 13.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  14. 14.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  16. 16.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  18. 18.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  23. 23.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  24. 24.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  26. 26.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  27. 27.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  28. 28.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  30. 30.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  40. 40.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. 2
  3. FILM
  4. 2
  5. 1
  6. MIS-chi-vus
  7. l
  8. DET
  9. SKOOL
  10. b
  11. 2
  12. EYE-lund
  13. KAY-oss
  14. SEZ
  15. b
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. u
  18. i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. 2
  20. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  21. u
  22. b
  23. SUT-ul
  24. MIS-chi-vus
  25. s
  26. DOWT
  27. di-VEL-up
  28. KYOO
  29. sounds like “I’ll”
  30. PEET-suh
  31. 2
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. 2
  35. STAY-shun
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. FILM
  39. p
  40. SUR-kit

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