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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 44 · 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 “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  3. 3.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  5. 5.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  6. 6.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  16. 16.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  20. 20.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  22. 22.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  23. 23.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  24. 24.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  25. 25.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  26. 26.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  30. 30.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  34. 34.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  35. 35.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  36. 36.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  37. 37.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  38. 38.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  40. 40.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus

Answer key

  1. VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. b
  3. KYOO
  4. u
  5. STAY-shun
  6. SKOOL
  7. s
  8. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  9. 3
  10. l
  11. 2
  12. p
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. BIS-kit
  16. i-PIT-uh-mee
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. 2
  19. ri-SEET
  20. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  21. 3
  22. SED
  23. PUR-pus
  24. FILM
  25. KEM-is-tree
  26. KEM-is-tree
  27. 2
  28. di-TUR-min
  29. KYOO
  30. SEZ
  31. u
  32. 1
  33. MIS-chi-vus
  34. DET
  35. FILM
  36. SUT-ul
  37. MIS-chi-vus
  38. hoh-TEL
  39. KAY-oss
  40. PUR-pus

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