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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 419 · 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 “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  2. 2.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  3. 3.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  4. 4.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  5. 5.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  8. 8.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  9. 9.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  13. 13.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  14. 14.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  15. 15.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  17. 17.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  22. 22.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. 23.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  29. 29.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  31. 31.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  37. 37.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  38. 38.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  39. 39.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  40. 40.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT

Answer key

  1. l
  2. EYE-lund
  3. KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. FILM
  5. SKOOL
  6. b
  7. p
  8. PEET-suh
  9. SWEET
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. SUT-ul
  13. FILM
  14. WENZ-day
  15. STAY-shun
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. MIS-chi-vus
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. SED
  20. b
  21. s
  22. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  24. u
  25. ri-SEET
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. PEET-suh
  29. WENZ-day
  30. BIS-kit
  31. SEZ
  32. 1
  33. SWEET
  34. u
  35. 2
  36. SAM-un
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. sounds like “I’ll”
  39. VEJ-tuh-bul
  40. ri-SEET

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