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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 448 · 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 “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  7. 7.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  11. 11.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  12. 12.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  13. 13.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. 18.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  19. 19.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  20. 20.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  21. 21.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  28. 28.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  29. 29.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  32. 32.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  33. 33.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  34. 34.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  35. 35.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  36. 36.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. SEZ
  5. l
  6. u
  7. KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. DET
  9. 1
  10. b
  11. STAY-shun
  12. KYOO
  13. SED
  14. 3
  15. SWEET
  16. b
  17. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. MIS-chi-vus
  19. SWEET
  20. EYE-lund
  21. FILM
  22. VEJ-tuh-bul
  23. s
  24. SUR-kit
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. STAY-shun
  28. PEET-suh
  29. WIM-in
  30. 3
  31. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  32. EYE-lund
  33. hoh-TEL
  34. SEZ
  35. WIM-in
  36. SUT-ul
  37. 2
  38. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. 2
  40. SAM-un

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