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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 540 · 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 “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  5. 5.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  6. 6.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  11. 11.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  12. 12.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  17. 17.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  18. 18.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  20. 20.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  25. 25.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  31. 31.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  32. 32.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  33. 33.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  34. 34.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  35. 35.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon

Answer key

  1. WENZ-day
  2. WIM-in
  3. 2
  4. l
  5. SKOOL
  6. STAY-shun
  7. EYE-lund
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. ri-SEET
  11. SUT-ul
  12. SED
  13. b
  14. SUR-kit
  15. 2
  16. di-TUR-min
  17. FILM
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. b
  20. SED
  21. 4
  22. p
  23. 1
  24. s
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. u
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. 3
  30. SWEET
  31. KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. KEM-is-tree
  33. PEET-suh
  34. DOWT
  35. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 1
  38. WIM-in
  39. 2
  40. SAM-un

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