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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 557 · 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 “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  4. 4.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  7. 7.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  8. 8.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  9. 9.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  10. 10.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  12. 12.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  15. 15.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  16. 16.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  17. 17.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  24. 24.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  35. 35.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  36. 36.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  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 “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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