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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 484 · 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.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  11. 11.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  12. 12.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  13. 13.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  14. 14.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  16. 16.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  19. 19.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  20. 20.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  22. 22.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  25. 25.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  27. 27.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  29. 29.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  30. 30.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  31. 31.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  37. 37.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. sounds like “I’ll”
  3. b
  4. PEET-suh
  5. 2
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. 4
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. SAM-un
  11. PUR-pus
  12. KYOO
  13. BIS-kit
  14. KYOO
  15. u
  16. hoh-TEL
  17. u
  18. b
  19. BIS-kit
  20. KEM-is-tree
  21. SED
  22. di-TUR-min
  23. 1
  24. MIS-chi-vus
  25. SED
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. SUR-kit
  28. p
  29. ri-SEET
  30. SUR-kit
  31. WENZ-day
  32. 1
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. 1
  35. 3
  36. KEM-is-tree
  37. SEZ
  38. DOWT
  39. 2
  40. VEJ-tuh-bul

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