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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 447 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  11. 11.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  12. 12.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  17. 17.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  19. 19.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  20. 20.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  24. 24.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  26. 26.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  27. 27.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  28. 28.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  29. 29.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  34. 34.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  37. 37.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  38. 38.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. 39.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  40. 40.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. SUR-kit
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. PUR-pus
  9. 2
  10. RES-uh-pee
  11. KYOO
  12. WENZ-day
  13. b
  14. u
  15. 1
  16. l
  17. SAM-un
  18. s
  19. KYOO
  20. di-VEL-up
  21. SED
  22. 2
  23. WENZ-day
  24. EYE-lund
  25. DET
  26. hoh-TEL
  27. PUR-pus
  28. SEZ
  29. KEM-is-tree
  30. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  31. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  32. 1
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. STAY-shun
  35. 2
  36. p
  37. SAM-un
  38. i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. VEJ-tuh-bul
  40. MIS-chi-vus

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