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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 409 · 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 “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  6. 6.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  13. 13.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  14. 14.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  15. 15.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  16. 16.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  19. 19.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  20. 20.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  26. 26.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  29. 29.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. 30.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  37. 37.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us

Answer key

  1. DET
  2. l
  3. SKOOL
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. b
  6. MIS-chi-vus
  7. 2
  8. PEET-suh
  9. KYOO
  10. KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. EYE-lund
  12. p
  13. hoh-TEL
  14. sounds like “I’ll”
  15. PUR-pus
  16. DOWT
  17. 2
  18. SUR-kit
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. ri-SEET
  21. u
  22. KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. SEZ
  26. STAY-shun
  27. 3
  28. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. KYOO
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. KAY-oss
  34. 3
  35. 2
  36. di-VEL-up
  37. SED
  38. s
  39. 2
  40. MIS-chi-vus

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