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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 40 · 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.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  11. 11.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  12. 12.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  15. 15.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  16. 16.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  17. 17.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  23. 23.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  24. 24.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  26. 26.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  28. 28.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  32. 32.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  33. 33.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  35. 35.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  38. 38.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

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

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