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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 542 · 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 “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  2. 2.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  3. 3.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  4. 4.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  7. 7.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  8. 8.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  9. 9.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  10. 10.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  12. 12.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  13. 13.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  15. 15.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  16. 16.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  17. 17.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  21. 21.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  22. 22.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. 23.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  24. 24.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  26. 26.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  27. 27.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  31. 31.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  36. 36.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  37. 37.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. SAM-un
  2. SWEET
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. BIS-kit
  5. 2
  6. b
  7. RES-uh-pee
  8. DET
  9. MIS-chi-vus
  10. WENZ-day
  11. b
  12. SEZ
  13. KEM-is-tree
  14. SKOOL
  15. PUR-pus
  16. SED
  17. SUT-ul
  18. s
  19. p
  20. l
  21. KYOO
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. KUMF-tuh-bul
  24. SUT-ul
  25. u
  26. SWEET
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. 3
  29. 3
  30. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  31. KYOO
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. WENZ-day
  36. SKOOL
  37. FILM
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 2

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