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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 510 · 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 “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  6. 6.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  8. 8.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  10. 10.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  11. 11.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  12. 12.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  16. 16.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  17. 17.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  20. 20.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  25. 25.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  30. 30.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  31. 31.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  34. 34.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. 39.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t

Answer key

  1. p
  2. PEET-suh
  3. 5
  4. SKOOL
  5. FILM
  6. EYE-lund
  7. s
  8. STAY-shun
  9. u
  10. SAM-un
  11. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. SEZ
  13. 3
  14. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  15. SAM-un
  16. i-PIT-uh-mee
  17. KYOO
  18. 1
  19. l
  20. SUR-kit
  21. WENZ-day
  22. 3
  23. 3
  24. KAY-oss
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. b
  30. EYE-lund
  31. KEM-is-tree
  32. u
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. DET
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. FILM
  40. b

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