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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 550 · 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 “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  6. 6.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  7. 7.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  11. 11.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  12. 12.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  15. 15.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  19. 19.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  22. 22.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  23. 23.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  24. 24.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  31. 31.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  34. 34.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  39. 39.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. PUR-pus
  2. s
  3. u
  4. 2
  5. SUT-ul
  6. BIS-kit
  7. SUR-kit
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. FILM
  11. DET
  12. KYOO
  13. 2
  14. sounds like “I’ll”
  15. sounds like “I’ll”
  16. 3
  17. 2
  18. KAY-oss
  19. SEZ
  20. 2
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. SEZ
  24. MIS-chi-vus
  25. 4
  26. 5
  27. SAM-un
  28. u
  29. 1
  30. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  31. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  32. KUMF-tuh-bul
  33. hoh-TEL
  34. SAM-un
  35. b
  36. SWEET
  37. 2
  38. EYE-lund
  39. KEM-is-tree
  40. 2

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