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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 508 · 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 “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  2. 2.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  3. 3.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  4. 4.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  5. 5.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  6. 6.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  7. 7.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  8. 8.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  10. 10.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  11. 11.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  12. 12.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  19. 19.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  20. 20.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  21. 21.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  22. 22.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  32. 32.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  33. 33.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  34. 34.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  35. 35.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  36. 36.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  37. 37.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  40. 40.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE

Answer key

  1. WIM-in
  2. DET
  3. PUR-pus
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. SAM-un
  6. hoh-TEL
  7. SUR-kit
  8. SED
  9. p
  10. BIS-kit
  11. DET
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. b
  14. WENZ-day
  15. 1
  16. 4
  17. di-TUR-min
  18. s
  19. SWEET
  20. MIS-chi-vus
  21. STAY-shun
  22. SUR-kit
  23. b
  24. b
  25. 2
  26. WIM-in
  27. i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. 1
  29. KEM-is-tree
  30. 3
  31. l
  32. di-VEL-up
  33. PEET-suh
  34. PEET-suh
  35. hoh-TEL
  36. SEZ
  37. PUR-pus
  38. 1
  39. KAY-oss
  40. SUT-ul

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