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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 519 · 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-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  5. 5.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  6. 6.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  9. 9.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  10. 10.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  11. 11.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  12. 12.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  13. 13.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  14. 14.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  20. 20.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  21. 21.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  22. 22.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  31. 31.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  33. 33.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  40. 40.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun

Answer key

  1. WENZ-day
  2. 3
  3. u
  4. l
  5. BIS-kit
  6. SUT-ul
  7. b
  8. s
  9. MIS-chi-vus
  10. KYOO
  11. hoh-TEL
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. hoh-TEL
  14. FILM
  15. b
  16. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. di-TUR-min
  20. KYOO
  21. ri-SEET
  22. DET
  23. 2
  24. DOWT
  25. 3
  26. SAM-un
  27. SAM-un
  28. 1
  29. EYE-lund
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. STAY-shun
  32. SEZ
  33. WENZ-day
  34. 3
  35. SED
  36. SWEET
  37. KUMF-tuh-bul
  38. 5
  39. MIS-chi-vus
  40. STAY-shun

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