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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 438 · 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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  2. 2.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  3. 3.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  4. 4.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  7. 7.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  8. 8.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  14. 14.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  16. 16.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  17. 17.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  33. 33.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  34. 34.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  35. 35.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  36. 36.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  39. 39.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  40. 40.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun

Answer key

  1. KYOO
  2. VEJ-tuh-bul
  3. KEM-is-tree
  4. SAM-un
  5. 2
  6. b
  7. MIS-chi-vus
  8. SUR-kit
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. FILM
  13. s
  14. KAY-oss
  15. b
  16. WENZ-day
  17. hoh-TEL
  18. b
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. 1
  22. 2
  23. 5
  24. BIS-kit
  25. SEZ
  26. 2
  27. di-TUR-min
  28. SWEET
  29. 2
  30. u
  31. 2
  32. SKOOL
  33. sounds like “I’ll”
  34. DET
  35. EYE-lund
  36. VEJ-tuh-bul
  37. 3
  38. DET
  39. PUR-pus
  40. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun

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