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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 560 · 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.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  7. 7.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  13. 13.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  14. 14.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  19. 19.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  23. 23.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  24. 24.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  25. 25.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  28. 28.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  29. 29.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  31. 31.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  34. 34.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  35. 35.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  37. 37.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  38. 38.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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