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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 459 · 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 “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  4. 4.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  5. 5.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  6. 6.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  8. 8.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  13. 13.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  21. 21.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  22. 22.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  23. 23.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  24. 24.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  26. 26.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  29. 29.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  36. 36.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  37. 37.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  38. 38.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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