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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 389 · 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 “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  5. 5.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  6. 6.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  7. 7.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  11. 11.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  12. 12.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  13. 13.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  16. 16.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  18. 18.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  20. 20.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  21. 21.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  24. 24.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  28. 28.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  31. 31.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  34. 34.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  35. 35.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  36. 36.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  39. 39.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut

Answer key

  1. BIS-kit
  2. b
  3. 3
  4. WIM-in
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. RES-uh-pee
  7. MIS-chi-vus
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. KAY-oss
  11. KEM-is-tree
  12. ri-SEET
  13. i-PIT-uh-mee
  14. 2
  15. PUR-pus
  16. WIM-in
  17. b
  18. hoh-TEL
  19. u
  20. SED
  21. sounds like “I’ll”
  22. 2
  23. SEZ
  24. di-TUR-min
  25. p
  26. 1
  27. MIS-chi-vus
  28. ri-SEET
  29. b
  30. s
  31. WENZ-day
  32. STAY-shun
  33. l
  34. WENZ-day
  35. PEET-suh
  36. SEZ
  37. 3
  38. PUR-pus
  39. SAM-un
  40. DET

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