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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 565 · 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 “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  7. 7.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  8. 8.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  9. 9.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  12. 12.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  15. 15.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  18. 18.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  20. 20.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  21. 21.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  22. 22.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  24. 24.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  27. 27.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  29. 29.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  34. 34.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  35. 35.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. 40.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm

Answer key

  1. di-TUR-min
  2. s
  3. SEZ
  4. 5
  5. KAY-oss
  6. p
  7. DOWT
  8. di-VEL-up
  9. RES-uh-pee
  10. 2
  11. SUR-kit
  12. WENZ-day
  13. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  14. KYOO
  15. ri-SEET
  16. 3
  17. SUT-ul
  18. hoh-TEL
  19. u
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. SKOOL
  22. BIS-kit
  23. l
  24. KUMF-tuh-bul
  25. 2
  26. FILM
  27. ri-SEET
  28. b
  29. PUR-pus
  30. b
  31. 1
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. u
  34. VEJ-tuh-bul
  35. SAM-un
  36. 1
  37. EYE-lund
  38. 2
  39. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. i-PIT-uh-mee

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