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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 549 · 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 “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  3. 3.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  5. 5.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  6. 6.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  10. 10.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  11. 11.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  17. 17.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  19. 19.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  31. 31.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  32. 32.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  34. 34.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  35. 35.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  37. 37.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  38. 38.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  39. 39.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ

Answer key

  1. RES-uh-pee
  2. s
  3. PEET-suh
  4. u
  5. sounds like “I’ll”
  6. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. SWEET
  10. KYOO
  11. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. 1
  13. KAY-oss
  14. l
  15. 4
  16. KAY-oss
  17. SEZ
  18. b
  19. MIS-chi-vus
  20. 5
  21. SUT-ul
  22. 1
  23. b
  24. 2
  25. 3
  26. 1
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. MIS-chi-vus
  31. WIM-in
  32. EYE-lund
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. PEET-suh
  35. WIM-in
  36. p
  37. EYE-lund
  38. SKOOL
  39. KUMF-tuh-bul
  40. SEZ

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