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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 422 · 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 “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  11. 11.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  14. 14.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. 15.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  17. 17.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  19. 19.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  20. 20.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  23. 23.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  28. 28.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  29. 29.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  30. 30.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  31. 31.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  33. 33.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  34. 34.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN

Answer key

  1. KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. b
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. RES-uh-pee
  6. KAY-oss
  7. 2
  8. KEM-is-tree
  9. 2
  10. sounds like “I’ll”
  11. ri-SEET
  12. 2
  13. EYE-lund
  14. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. RES-uh-pee
  16. l
  17. BIS-kit
  18. u
  19. DET
  20. PUR-pus
  21. SED
  22. hoh-TEL
  23. SUT-ul
  24. 2
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. 1
  27. WENZ-day
  28. KYOO
  29. di-TUR-min
  30. MIS-chi-vus
  31. sounds like “I’ll”
  32. SUR-kit
  33. WENZ-day
  34. FILM
  35. b
  36. 3
  37. 1
  38. b
  39. ri-SEET
  40. SAM-un

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