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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 487 · 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 “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  6. 6.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  9. 9.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  10. 10.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  11. 11.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  12. 12.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  13. 13.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  17. 17.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  18. 18.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  20. 20.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  21. 21.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  22. 22.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  23. 23.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  24. 24.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. 30.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  31. 31.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  33. 33.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  40. 40.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. KEM-is-tree
  3. b
  4. 2
  5. i-PIT-uh-mee
  6. KEM-is-tree
  7. EYE-lund
  8. p
  9. PUR-pus
  10. di-VEL-up
  11. KAY-oss
  12. RES-uh-pee
  13. SKOOL
  14. 2
  15. 3
  16. u
  17. STAY-shun
  18. SED
  19. WENZ-day
  20. BIS-kit
  21. WENZ-day
  22. MIS-chi-vus
  23. SAM-un
  24. DOWT
  25. s
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. ri-SEET
  28. 3
  29. VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. SUR-kit
  31. KAY-oss
  32. SWEET
  33. DET
  34. 1
  35. sounds like “I’ll”
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. WIM-in
  40. PUR-pus

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