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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 52 · 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.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  5. 5.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  7. 7.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  8. 8.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  9. 9.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  16. 16.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  17. 17.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  21. 21.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  30. 30.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  33. 33.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  34. 34.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  35. 35.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  36. 36.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  40. 40.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup

Answer key

  1. KAY-oss
  2. 2
  3. SKOOL
  4. b
  5. DET
  6. b
  7. KYOO
  8. SKOOL
  9. RES-uh-pee
  10. sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. SUT-ul
  14. WENZ-day
  15. FILM
  16. SWEET
  17. SUT-ul
  18. 2
  19. s
  20. u
  21. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  22. KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 2
  25. hoh-TEL
  26. 1
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. PUR-pus
  30. STAY-shun
  31. 5
  32. STAY-shun
  33. BIS-kit
  34. EYE-lund
  35. PEET-suh
  36. ri-SEET
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. u
  40. di-VEL-up

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