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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 568 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  3. 3.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  11. 11.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  12. 12.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  14. 14.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  15. 15.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  16. 16.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  19. 19.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  26. 26.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  27. 27.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  28. 28.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  36. 36.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  37. 37.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. u
  3. SED
  4. 2
  5. b
  6. 1
  7. b
  8. KUMF-tuh-bul
  9. 2
  10. WENZ-day
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. STAY-shun
  13. p
  14. MIS-chi-vus
  15. SUR-kit
  16. BIS-kit
  17. 2
  18. FILM
  19. PEET-suh
  20. 1
  21. u
  22. 1
  23. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. PUR-pus
  26. BIS-kit
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. FILM
  29. 3
  30. DOWT
  31. 1
  32. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  33. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  34. 3
  35. RES-uh-pee
  36. SEZ
  37. ri-SEET
  38. 2
  39. ri-SEET
  40. SUR-kit

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