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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 453 · 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.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  9. 9.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  10. 10.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  11. 11.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  12. 12.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  13. 13.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  16. 16.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  21. 21.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  23. 23.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  27. 27.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  31. 31.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE

Answer key

  1. KAY-oss
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. 2
  6. b
  7. 5
  8. l
  9. SED
  10. DET
  11. di-TUR-min
  12. SKOOL
  13. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. b
  15. 3
  16. ri-SEET
  17. s
  18. VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. 2
  20. KAY-oss
  21. WIM-in
  22. VEJ-tuh-bul
  23. sounds like “I’ll”
  24. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  25. SWEET
  26. b
  27. SUT-ul
  28. 2
  29. hoh-TEL
  30. SAM-un
  31. WENZ-day
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. FILM
  35. 3
  36. KUMF-tuh-bul
  37. 2
  38. SUT-ul
  39. 1
  40. PUR-pus

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