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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 394 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  3. 3.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  8. 8.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  9. 9.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  15. 15.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  16. 16.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  17. 17.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  19. 19.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  20. 20.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  21. 21.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  22. 22.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  26. 26.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  27. 27.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  32. 32.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  33. 33.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  34. 34.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. u
  3. WIM-in
  4. 2
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. SWEET
  8. KYOO
  9. WENZ-day
  10. 5
  11. DOWT
  12. b
  13. 4
  14. VEJ-tuh-bul
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. SKOOL
  17. SUR-kit
  18. b
  19. DET
  20. MIS-chi-vus
  21. SKOOL
  22. STAY-shun
  23. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  24. hoh-TEL
  25. s
  26. KAY-oss
  27. KUMF-tuh-bul
  28. KEM-is-tree
  29. 3
  30. DOWT
  31. SAM-un
  32. i-PIT-uh-mee
  33. ri-SEET
  34. FILM
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 3
  38. 3
  39. SEZ
  40. 2

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