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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 500 · 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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  2. 2.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  4. 4.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  5. 5.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  11. 11.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  12. 12.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  15. 15.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  20. 20.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  21. 21.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  25. 25.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  26. 26.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  27. 27.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  28. 28.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  35. 35.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  38. 38.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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