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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 404 · 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 “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  3. 3.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  4. 4.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  6. 6.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  17. 17.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  21. 21.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  26. 26.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  27. 27.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. 28.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  30. 30.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  31. 31.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  32. 32.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  34. 34.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  35. 35.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  40. 40.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee

Answer key

  1. s
  2. sounds like “I’ll”
  3. PUR-pus
  4. EYE-lund
  5. p
  6. hoh-TEL
  7. 1
  8. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  9. 1
  10. di-TUR-min
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. SUT-ul
  14. PEET-suh
  15. 3
  16. l
  17. WENZ-day
  18. 4
  19. KAY-oss
  20. 1
  21. SWEET
  22. 1
  23. SEZ
  24. 2
  25. DOWT
  26. WIM-in
  27. VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. KAY-oss
  29. u
  30. MIS-chi-vus
  31. di-TUR-min
  32. SED
  33. b
  34. EYE-lund
  35. SAM-un
  36. SKOOL
  37. KUMF-tuh-bul
  38. u
  39. b
  40. RES-uh-pee

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