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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 479 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  3. 3.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  4. 4.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  10. 10.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. 13.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  14. 14.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  17. 17.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  18. 18.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  22. 22.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  26. 26.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  29. 29.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  34. 34.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  37. 37.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. PEET-suh
  5. b
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. KAY-oss
  10. SEZ
  11. 2
  12. KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. KYOO
  14. hoh-TEL
  15. PUR-pus
  16. p
  17. hoh-TEL
  18. MIS-chi-vus
  19. VEJ-tuh-bul
  20. 2
  21. WENZ-day
  22. SAM-un
  23. u
  24. 4
  25. b
  26. SKOOL
  27. 2
  28. b
  29. SED
  30. 2
  31. VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. SEZ
  33. KEM-is-tree
  34. i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. 3
  36. s
  37. BIS-kit
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. 1
  40. SWEET

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