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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 43 · 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 “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  2. 2.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  10. 10.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  16. 16.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  17. 17.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. 19.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  20. 20.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  21. 21.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  30. 30.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  36. 36.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  40. 40.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. SUR-kit
  3. 2
  4. i-PIT-uh-mee
  5. 1
  6. s
  7. 4
  8. EYE-lund
  9. KYOO
  10. KEM-is-tree
  11. 2
  12. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  13. SAM-un
  14. 3
  15. di-VEL-up
  16. DET
  17. hoh-TEL
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  20. DOWT
  21. WIM-in
  22. b
  23. 3
  24. RES-uh-pee
  25. b
  26. 2
  27. PEET-suh
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. l
  30. DOWT
  31. b
  32. SUR-kit
  33. 1
  34. EYE-lund
  35. KAY-oss
  36. SUT-ul
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. sounds like “I’ll”
  40. SUT-ul

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