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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 517 · 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 “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  5. 5.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  6. 6.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  10. 10.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  15. 15.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  16. 16.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  17. 17.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  18. 18.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  22. 22.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  30. 30.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  31. 31.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  33. 33.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  34. 34.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  35. 35.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  36. 36.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  38. 38.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  39. 39.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

  1. WENZ-day
  2. 2
  3. SEZ
  4. p
  5. SUT-ul
  6. SUT-ul
  7. u
  8. 2
  9. ri-SEET
  10. DET
  11. l
  12. 4
  13. KAY-oss
  14. SUR-kit
  15. BIS-kit
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. DET
  18. PUR-pus
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. EYE-lund
  22. BIS-kit
  23. 3
  24. u
  25. 3
  26. b
  27. 2
  28. MIS-chi-vus
  29. RES-uh-pee
  30. SED
  31. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  32. KYOO
  33. FILM
  34. RES-uh-pee
  35. WENZ-day
  36. SED
  37. ri-SEET
  38. SAM-un
  39. di-TUR-min
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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