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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 429 · 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.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  4. 4.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  5. 5.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  6. 6.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  9. 9.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  14. 14.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  24. 24.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  26. 26.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  28. 28.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  29. 29.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  32. 32.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t

Answer key

  1. SED
  2. 5
  3. SWEET
  4. PUR-pus
  5. WIM-in
  6. STAY-shun
  7. l
  8. s
  9. KYOO
  10. 3
  11. hoh-TEL
  12. 3
  13. EYE-lund
  14. i-PIT-uh-mee
  15. 4
  16. p
  17. SUR-kit
  18. STAY-shun
  19. 1
  20. RES-uh-pee
  21. u
  22. 3
  23. KAY-oss
  24. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  25. b
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. WENZ-day
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. BIS-kit
  30. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  31. SAM-un
  32. WENZ-day
  33. 2
  34. di-TUR-min
  35. 3
  36. KEM-is-tree
  37. 1
  38. di-VEL-up
  39. ri-SEET
  40. b

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