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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 427 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  3. 3.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  8. 8.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  14. 14.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  15. 15.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  16. 16.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  20. 20.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  21. 21.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  22. 22.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  23. 23.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  24. 24.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  25. 25.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  26. 26.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  27. 27.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  28. 28.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  33. 33.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  34. 34.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  36. 36.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  37. 37.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  38. 38.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  39. 39.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  40. 40.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. b
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. 3
  5. l
  6. u
  7. p
  8. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  9. s
  10. 1
  11. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  12. 2
  13. MIS-chi-vus
  14. PUR-pus
  15. SED
  16. KYOO
  17. b
  18. VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. DOWT
  20. FILM
  21. RES-uh-pee
  22. ri-SEET
  23. SWEET
  24. SKOOL
  25. PEET-suh
  26. SWEET
  27. KEM-is-tree
  28. KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. i-PIT-uh-mee
  33. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  34. KUMF-tuh-bul
  35. SEZ
  36. WENZ-day
  37. MIS-chi-vus
  38. ri-SEET
  39. DOWT
  40. hoh-TEL

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