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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 398 · 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 “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  3. 3.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  7. 7.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  10. 10.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  15. 15.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  17. 17.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  18. 18.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  19. 19.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  20. 20.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  23. 23.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  24. 24.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  25. 25.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  28. 28.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  29. 29.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  34. 34.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. 35.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  36. 36.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  37. 37.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul

Answer key

  1. EYE-lund
  2. FILM
  3. KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. l
  5. 4
  6. b
  7. KAY-oss
  8. 1
  9. SUT-ul
  10. KEM-is-tree
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. SUR-kit
  14. WENZ-day
  15. SWEET
  16. u
  17. sounds like “I’ll”
  18. KEM-is-tree
  19. PEET-suh
  20. SKOOL
  21. 2
  22. SAM-un
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. FILM
  25. SUR-kit
  26. 1
  27. u
  28. ri-SEET
  29. SUT-ul
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. b
  33. b
  34. i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. di-VEL-up
  36. STAY-shun
  37. SEZ
  38. 3
  39. 1
  40. VEJ-tuh-bul

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