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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 425 · 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 “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  4. 4.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  5. 5.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  9. 9.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  10. 10.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  11. 11.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  17. 17.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  18. 18.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. 19.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  20. 20.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  21. 21.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  23. 23.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  24. 24.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  25. 25.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  37. 37.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  38. 38.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus

Answer key

  1. u
  2. 2
  3. KUMF-tuh-bul
  4. VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  6. 2
  7. PUR-pus
  8. l
  9. STAY-shun
  10. EYE-lund
  11. SUR-kit
  12. 3
  13. b
  14. 2
  15. KYOO
  16. 2
  17. SEZ
  18. i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. di-VEL-up
  20. SWEET
  21. di-TUR-min
  22. b
  23. PEET-suh
  24. FILM
  25. sounds like “I’ll”
  26. 2
  27. di-TUR-min
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. WIM-in
  30. BIS-kit
  31. s
  32. u
  33. p
  34. 2
  35. 2
  36. PUR-pus
  37. DET
  38. KUMF-tuh-bul
  39. 2
  40. MIS-chi-vus

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