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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 417 · 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 “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  4. 4.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  12. 12.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  16. 16.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  17. 17.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  18. 18.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  22. 22.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  23. 23.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  24. 24.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  25. 25.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  32. 32.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  33. 33.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  34. 34.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  35. 35.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  38. 38.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  39. 39.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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