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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 430 · 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 “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  2. 2.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  3. 3.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  4. 4.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  11. 11.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  12. 12.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  13. 13.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  14. 14.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  15. 15.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  19. 19.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. 20.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  21. 21.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  22. 22.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  32. 32.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  34. 34.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  39. 39.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  40. 40.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine

Answer key

  1. SAM-un
  2. SEZ
  3. KAY-oss
  4. SWEET
  5. 3
  6. KUMF-tuh-bul
  7. 2
  8. KEM-is-tree
  9. b
  10. DOWT
  11. sounds like “I’ll”
  12. KAY-oss
  13. FILM
  14. FILM
  15. SAM-un
  16. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  17. 1
  18. sounds like “I’ll”
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. hoh-TEL
  21. di-TUR-min
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. b
  24. 2
  25. 3
  26. s
  27. 2
  28. SKOOL
  29. 1
  30. hoh-TEL
  31. b
  32. MIS-chi-vus
  33. p
  34. KUMF-tuh-bul
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. SUT-ul
  38. l
  39. WIM-in
  40. di-TUR-min

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