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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 449 · 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.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  2. 2.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  5. 5.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  9. 9.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  10. 10.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  14. 14.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  15. 15.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  16. 16.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  20. 20.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  22. 22.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  26. 26.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  28. 28.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  34. 34.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  35. 35.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  37. 37.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  38. 38.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME

Answer key

  1. u
  2. SUR-kit
  3. b
  4. DOWT
  5. RES-uh-pee
  6. b
  7. l
  8. SED
  9. SKOOL
  10. ri-SEET
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. PUR-pus
  14. di-TUR-min
  15. EYE-lund
  16. KAY-oss
  17. s
  18. 1
  19. RES-uh-pee
  20. SEZ
  21. WENZ-day
  22. WENZ-day
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. BIS-kit
  26. STAY-shun
  27. u
  28. PEET-suh
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. MIS-chi-vus
  32. 2
  33. i-PIT-uh-mee
  34. SUT-ul
  35. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  36. SWEET
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. VEJ-tuh-bul
  39. 1
  40. i-PIT-uh-mee

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