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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 497 · 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) s (b) u (c) b
  2. 2.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  3. 3.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  4. 4.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  5. 5.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  6. 6.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  10. 10.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  11. 11.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  15. 15.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  16. 16.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  18. 18.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  19. 19.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  20. 20.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  27. 27.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  28. 28.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  30. 30.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  31. 31.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. u
  2. KAY-oss
  3. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. EYE-lund
  6. i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. 2
  8. b
  9. b
  10. SEZ
  11. WENZ-day
  12. 2
  13. b
  14. l
  15. hoh-TEL
  16. SKOOL
  17. u
  18. SAM-un
  19. hoh-TEL
  20. SUR-kit
  21. 1
  22. DET
  23. 2
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. SUT-ul
  27. PUR-pus
  28. KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. sounds like “I’ll”
  30. STAY-shun
  31. BIS-kit
  32. 4
  33. p
  34. 1
  35. SUR-kit
  36. 3
  37. SKOOL
  38. 3
  39. SED
  40. 3

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