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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 513 · 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 “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  3. 3.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  4. 4.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  5. 5.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  6. 6.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  11. 11.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. 12.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  13. 13.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  16. 16.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  21. 21.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  22. 22.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  23. 23.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  24. 24.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  25. 25.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  31. 31.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  34. 34.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  37. 37.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  38. 38.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. STAY-shun
  3. MIS-chi-vus
  4. sounds like “I’ll”
  5. SUR-kit
  6. KAY-oss
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 4
  10. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. WIM-in
  13. WENZ-day
  14. u
  15. s
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. l
  20. DET
  21. ri-SEET
  22. SAM-un
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. hoh-TEL
  25. SAM-un
  26. 1
  27. SKOOL
  28. b
  29. RES-uh-pee
  30. SUT-ul
  31. KEM-is-tree
  32. 2
  33. SUT-ul
  34. SKOOL
  35. KEM-is-tree
  36. u
  37. BIS-kit
  38. di-TUR-min
  39. 2
  40. WENZ-day

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