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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 56 · 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 “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  2. 2.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  9. 9.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  10. 10.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  12. 12.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  14. 14.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  17. 17.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  21. 21.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  29. 29.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  32. 32.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  33. 33.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  35. 35.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  36. 36.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  39. 39.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. DOWT
  2. WENZ-day
  3. 1
  4. 4
  5. 2
  6. KAY-oss
  7. 2
  8. WIM-in
  9. SEZ
  10. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  11. b
  12. KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. u
  14. di-TUR-min
  15. l
  16. p
  17. WENZ-day
  18. b
  19. 2
  20. RES-uh-pee
  21. sounds like “I’ll”
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 2
  26. VEJ-tuh-bul
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. 1
  29. DOWT
  30. 1
  31. SUR-kit
  32. KYOO
  33. EYE-lund
  34. SWEET
  35. SED
  36. KUMF-tuh-bul
  37. 4
  38. SAM-un
  39. STAY-shun
  40. 2

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