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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 564 · 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 “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  2. 2.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  3. 3.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  4. 4.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  7. 7.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  8. 8.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  13. 13.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  15. 15.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  17. 17.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  20. 20.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  21. 21.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  22. 22.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  23. 23.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  24. 24.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  26. 26.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  28. 28.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  32. 32.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  36. 36.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  37. 37.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul

Answer key

  1. di-VEL-up
  2. KAY-oss
  3. KYOO
  4. SUR-kit
  5. 2
  6. b
  7. KAY-oss
  8. PEET-suh
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. b
  13. RES-uh-pee
  14. SUR-kit
  15. KUMF-tuh-bul
  16. SEZ
  17. FILM
  18. sounds like “I’ll”
  19. u
  20. BIS-kit
  21. SWEET
  22. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. i-PIT-uh-mee
  24. BIS-kit
  25. l
  26. KEM-is-tree
  27. SUT-ul
  28. PUR-pus
  29. s
  30. p
  31. b
  32. PEET-suh
  33. 1
  34. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  35. STAY-shun
  36. DET
  37. SUT-ul
  38. 2
  39. ri-SEET
  40. KUMF-tuh-bul

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