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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 480 · 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.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  4. 4.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  6. 6.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  7. 7.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  8. 8.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  12. 12.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  15. 15.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  17. 17.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  18. 18.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  21. 21.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  27. 27.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  37. 37.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul

Answer key

  1. u
  2. 1
  3. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  4. sounds like “I’ll”
  5. b
  6. SAM-un
  7. KAY-oss
  8. BIS-kit
  9. s
  10. 2
  11. b
  12. WENZ-day
  13. 2
  14. i-PIT-uh-mee
  15. PEET-suh
  16. p
  17. DET
  18. RES-uh-pee
  19. 1
  20. SAM-un
  21. MIS-chi-vus
  22. 3
  23. 2
  24. KYOO
  25. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  26. u
  27. SUR-kit
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. di-TUR-min
  32. 3
  33. EYE-lund
  34. KUMF-tuh-bul
  35. PUR-pus
  36. l
  37. hoh-TEL
  38. 2
  39. ri-SEET
  40. KUMF-tuh-bul

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