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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 39 · 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 “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  17. 17.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  18. 18.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  20. 20.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  22. 22.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  26. 26.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  27. 27.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  29. 29.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  30. 30.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  31. 31.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  37. 37.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP

Answer key

  1. KEM-is-tree
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. l
  5. 2
  6. b
  7. 2
  8. di-TUR-min
  9. 2
  10. i-PIT-uh-mee
  11. 1
  12. RES-uh-pee
  13. 3
  14. KUMF-tuh-bul
  15. 3
  16. hoh-TEL
  17. PUR-pus
  18. BIS-kit
  19. p
  20. SUR-kit
  21. b
  22. ri-SEET
  23. ri-SEET
  24. 2
  25. BIS-kit
  26. SED
  27. SED
  28. EYE-lund
  29. EYE-lund
  30. sounds like “I’ll”
  31. SUT-ul
  32. 3
  33. u
  34. WIM-in
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. b
  37. STAY-shun
  38. 2
  39. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. di-VEL-up

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