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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 485 · 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 do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  2. 2.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  5. 5.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  6. 6.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  7. 7.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  13. 13.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  16. 16.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  17. 17.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  18. 18.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  21. 21.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  22. 22.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  23. 23.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  30. 30.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  33. 33.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  34. 34.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  38. 38.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men

Answer key

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

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