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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 468 · 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 “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  4. 4.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  6. 6.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  10. 10.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  13. 13.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  14. 14.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  15. 15.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  18. 18.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  20. 20.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  21. 21.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  29. 29.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  36. 36.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  37. 37.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  39. 39.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u

Answer key

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

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