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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 55 · 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 “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  7. 7.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  8. 8.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  9. 9.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  14. 14.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  16. 16.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. 21.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  23. 23.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  26. 26.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  33. 33.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  34. 34.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  35. 35.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  38. 38.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  39. 39.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  40. 40.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh

Answer key

  1. PEET-suh
  2. u
  3. s
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. 1
  6. FILM
  7. MIS-chi-vus
  8. VEJ-tuh-bul
  9. SUT-ul
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. l
  13. b
  14. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  15. di-VEL-up
  16. EYE-lund
  17. 1
  18. WIM-in
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. WENZ-day
  22. b
  23. SED
  24. p
  25. PUR-pus
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. 2
  28. u
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. di-TUR-min
  32. SUR-kit
  33. EYE-lund
  34. ri-SEET
  35. VEJ-tuh-bul
  36. 2
  37. KUMF-tuh-bul
  38. KEM-is-tree
  39. SUR-kit
  40. PEET-suh

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