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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 437 · 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) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  5. 5.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  7. 7.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  8. 8.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  13. 13.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  14. 14.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  15. 15.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  22. 22.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  23. 23.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. 33.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  36. 36.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  37. 37.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  38. 38.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  39. 39.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  40. 40.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. sounds like “I’ll”
  3. 2
  4. u
  5. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  6. KAY-oss
  7. EYE-lund
  8. SUR-kit
  9. 2
  10. b
  11. 1
  12. l
  13. PEET-suh
  14. PEET-suh
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. u
  17. s
  18. 2
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. p
  21. SED
  22. SAM-un
  23. RES-uh-pee
  24. 1
  25. di-VEL-up
  26. SUR-kit
  27. 2
  28. b
  29. 2
  30. WENZ-day
  31. 3
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. WENZ-day
  34. 3
  35. KYOO
  36. SUT-ul
  37. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  38. SWEET
  39. FILM
  40. KAY-oss

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