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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 439 · 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 “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  7. 7.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  12. 12.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  17. 17.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  23. 23.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  28. 28.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  29. 29.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  37. 37.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  38. 38.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. MIS-chi-vus
  2. PEET-suh
  3. WENZ-day
  4. u
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. l
  7. KYOO
  8. BIS-kit
  9. b
  10. p
  11. s
  12. di-TUR-min
  13. 2
  14. hoh-TEL
  15. 5
  16. di-VEL-up
  17. FILM
  18. SWEET
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. 1
  22. hoh-TEL
  23. EYE-lund
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. DET
  26. 1
  27. RES-uh-pee
  28. KYOO
  29. SAM-un
  30. b
  31. u
  32. 2
  33. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  34. KEM-is-tree
  35. SKOOL
  36. b
  37. WIM-in
  38. SUT-ul
  39. SED
  40. 1

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