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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 414 · 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 “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  2. 2.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  3. 3.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  12. 12.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  13. 13.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  16. 16.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  20. 20.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  22. 22.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  23. 23.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  26. 26.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  27. 27.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  31. 31.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  32. 32.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  33. 33.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  35. 35.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  36. 36.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  40. 40.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land

Answer key

  1. SEZ
  2. SKOOL
  3. PEET-suh
  4. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  5. l
  6. 2
  7. i-PIT-uh-mee
  8. b
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. EYE-lund
  12. WIM-in
  13. STAY-shun
  14. 2
  15. DOWT
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. s
  18. 3
  19. DET
  20. SWEET
  21. b
  22. SEZ
  23. WENZ-day
  24. RES-uh-pee
  25. b
  26. BIS-kit
  27. di-TUR-min
  28. 2
  29. u
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. PUR-pus
  32. WENZ-day
  33. KAY-oss
  34. u
  35. ri-SEET
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 1
  38. 2
  39. SAM-un
  40. EYE-lund

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