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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 444 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  3. 3.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. 4.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  5. 5.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 11.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  12. 12.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  16. 16.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  17. 17.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  20. 20.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  22. 22.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  23. 23.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  26. 26.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  27. 27.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  28. 28.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  29. 29.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  30. 30.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  31. 31.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  35. 35.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  38. 38.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  39. 39.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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