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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 450 · 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 “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  3. 3.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  6. 6.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  8. 8.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  12. 12.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  13. 13.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  16. 16.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  17. 17.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  18. 18.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  19. 19.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  20. 20.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  21. 21.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  22. 22.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  23. 23.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  28. 28.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. 29.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  31. 31.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  32. 32.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  34. 34.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  36. 36.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  40. 40.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. hoh-TEL
  3. PUR-pus
  4. s
  5. b
  6. SKOOL
  7. BIS-kit
  8. MIS-chi-vus
  9. 2
  10. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  11. b
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. SEZ
  14. 1
  15. u
  16. KAY-oss
  17. RES-uh-pee
  18. PEET-suh
  19. PUR-pus
  20. sounds like “I’ll”
  21. SUT-ul
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. SED
  24. 2
  25. u
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. DOWT
  28. KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. SUR-kit
  30. b
  31. FILM
  32. DOWT
  33. l
  34. MIS-chi-vus
  35. KAY-oss
  36. ri-SEET
  37. ri-SEET
  38. EYE-lund
  39. p
  40. FILM

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