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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 400 · 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 “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  2. 2.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  9. 9.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  12. 12.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  17. 17.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  23. 23.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  24. 24.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  27. 27.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  29. 29.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  30. 30.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  33. 33.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  34. 34.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  35. 35.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  40. 40.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund

Answer key

  1. WIM-in
  2. MIS-chi-vus
  3. SEZ
  4. u
  5. 3
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. b
  8. s
  9. SKOOL
  10. 2
  11. di-TUR-min
  12. i-PIT-uh-mee
  13. SAM-un
  14. EYE-lund
  15. 1
  16. BIS-kit
  17. SUR-kit
  18. SUR-kit
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 2
  21. SKOOL
  22. b
  23. DET
  24. hoh-TEL
  25. p
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  28. l
  29. SED
  30. RES-uh-pee
  31. 2
  32. WENZ-day
  33. PEET-suh
  34. SAM-un
  35. i-PIT-uh-mee
  36. 2
  37. u
  38. 2
  39. di-VEL-up
  40. EYE-lund

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