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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 471 · 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 “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  8. 8.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  16. 16.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  18. 18.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  19. 19.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  20. 20.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  23. 23.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  27. 27.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  31. 31.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  33. 33.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  34. 34.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  36. 36.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  37. 37.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  38. 38.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. b
  3. 3
  4. KYOO
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. PEET-suh
  8. STAY-shun
  9. 4
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. u
  14. 2
  15. l
  16. KAY-oss
  17. p
  18. SUT-ul
  19. SKOOL
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 2
  22. EYE-lund
  23. PUR-pus
  24. b
  25. 1
  26. b
  27. RES-uh-pee
  28. 1
  29. di-VEL-up
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. DET
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. WENZ-day
  34. KEM-is-tree
  35. SKOOL
  36. VEJ-tuh-bul
  37. SAM-un
  38. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. MIS-chi-vus
  40. 1

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