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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 406 · 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 “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  2. 2.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  3. 3.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  6. 6.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  7. 7.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  8. 8.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  10. 10.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  16. 16.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  17. 17.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  18. 18.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  20. 20.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  21. 21.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  27. 27.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  28. 28.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  34. 34.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  38. 38.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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