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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 547 · 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 “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  5. 5.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  6. 6.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  13. 13.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  14. 14.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  16. 16.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  17. 17.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  22. 22.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  25. 25.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  30. 30.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  31. 31.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  32. 32.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  34. 34.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  36. 36.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  37. 37.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  39. 39.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day

Answer key

  1. KAY-oss
  2. 2
  3. SEZ
  4. b
  5. KEM-is-tree
  6. hoh-TEL
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. SUT-ul
  10. p
  11. 2
  12. b
  13. MIS-chi-vus
  14. di-VEL-up
  15. FILM
  16. KYOO
  17. di-TUR-min
  18. s
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. u
  22. SKOOL
  23. 2
  24. SED
  25. DOWT
  26. 1
  27. 2
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. WIM-in
  30. KAY-oss
  31. SUT-ul
  32. i-PIT-uh-mee
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. PEET-suh
  35. SEZ
  36. SUR-kit
  37. PEET-suh
  38. l
  39. EYE-lund
  40. WENZ-day

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