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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 556 · 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.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  2. 2.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  7. 7.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  15. 15.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  16. 16.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  18. 18.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  28. 28.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  37. 37.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

  1. RES-uh-pee
  2. SKOOL
  3. 2
  4. VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. b
  6. SAM-un
  7. DOWT
  8. b
  9. 2
  10. SKOOL
  11. u
  12. EYE-lund
  13. 1
  14. SUR-kit
  15. WENZ-day
  16. DOWT
  17. p
  18. i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. s
  20. 1
  21. u
  22. SUT-ul
  23. 5
  24. 2
  25. KYOO
  26. 2
  27. b
  28. di-VEL-up
  29. 1
  30. WENZ-day
  31. 2
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. FILM
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. SED
  37. KYOO
  38. 2
  39. RES-uh-pee
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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