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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 482 · 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 “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  2. 2.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  3. 3.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  4. 4.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  6. 6.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  9. 9.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  12. 12.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  19. 19.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  24. 24.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  25. 25.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  26. 26.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  29. 29.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  35. 35.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  36. 36.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  39. 39.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  40. 40.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee

Answer key

  1. b
  2. DET
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. FILM
  5. l
  6. PEET-suh
  7. 2
  8. WIM-in
  9. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  10. 5
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. DOWT
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. VEJ-tuh-bul
  16. b
  17. 4
  18. sounds like “I’ll”
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. b
  23. p
  24. SAM-un
  25. SUT-ul
  26. SED
  27. 2
  28. s
  29. MIS-chi-vus
  30. 1
  31. STAY-shun
  32. 2
  33. SUR-kit
  34. KEM-is-tree
  35. DET
  36. i-PIT-uh-mee
  37. 2
  38. DOWT
  39. EYE-lund
  40. WENZ-day

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