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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 498 · 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 “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  6. 6.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  7. 7.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. 10.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  11. 11.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  12. 12.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  15. 15.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  16. 16.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  22. 22.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. 23.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  24. 24.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  26. 26.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  29. 29.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  30. 30.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  31. 31.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  32. 32.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  40. 40.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee

Answer key

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

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