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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 533 · 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 “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  3. 3.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  4. 4.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  5. 5.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  6. 6.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  7. 7.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  8. 8.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  16. 16.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  17. 17.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  25. 25.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  26. 26.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  28. 28.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  29. 29.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  30. 30.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  36. 36.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  2. 2
  3. MIS-chi-vus
  4. SKOOL
  5. SUR-kit
  6. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  7. KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. SUT-ul
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 5
  12. l
  13. p
  14. 1
  15. ri-SEET
  16. SWEET
  17. PEET-suh
  18. b
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. SEZ
  24. KYOO
  25. SUR-kit
  26. di-TUR-min
  27. SKOOL
  28. SED
  29. DOWT
  30. WENZ-day
  31. 2
  32. STAY-shun
  33. 1
  34. 4
  35. DET
  36. WENZ-day
  37. 3
  38. STAY-shun
  39. ri-SEET
  40. 2

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