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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 457 · 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 “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  3. 3.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  10. 10.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  14. 14.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  15. 15.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  16. 16.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  20. 20.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  21. 21.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  26. 26.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  29. 29.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  31. 31.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  35. 35.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  39. 39.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. p
  3. SAM-un
  4. 2
  5. ri-SEET
  6. 1
  7. MIS-chi-vus
  8. 2
  9. DOWT
  10. KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. 2
  12. ri-SEET
  13. 1
  14. SAM-un
  15. VEJ-tuh-bul
  16. FILM
  17. 5
  18. SKOOL
  19. FILM
  20. di-TUR-min
  21. SUR-kit
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. di-VEL-up
  26. STAY-shun
  27. 1
  28. di-TUR-min
  29. EYE-lund
  30. PUR-pus
  31. PEET-suh
  32. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  33. KYOO
  34. b
  35. RES-uh-pee
  36. l
  37. 3
  38. SKOOL
  39. SEZ
  40. 2

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