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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 541 · 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.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  2. 2.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  3. 3.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  4. 4.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  16. 16.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  17. 17.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  24. 24.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  25. 25.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  27. 27.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  34. 34.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  35. 35.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  36. 36.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  39. 39.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b

Answer key

  1. s
  2. STAY-shun
  3. BIS-kit
  4. MIS-chi-vus
  5. 2
  6. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. EYE-lund
  10. u
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. KYOO
  14. 2
  15. KAY-oss
  16. SEZ
  17. KEM-is-tree
  18. 1
  19. di-VEL-up
  20. 2
  21. i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. 3
  23. b
  24. PUR-pus
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. SKOOL
  27. WIM-in
  28. 2
  29. SWEET
  30. p
  31. RES-uh-pee
  32. DET
  33. ri-SEET
  34. WENZ-day
  35. RES-uh-pee
  36. sounds like “I’ll”
  37. 1
  38. SEZ
  39. KUMF-tuh-bul
  40. b

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