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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 569 · 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 “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  6. 6.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  8. 8.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  15. 15.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  20. 20.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  21. 21.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  22. 22.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  23. 23.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  24. 24.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  27. 27.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  28. 28.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  32. 32.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id

Answer key

  1. SED
  2. u
  3. SUR-kit
  4. DOWT
  5. FILM
  6. VEJ-tuh-bul
  7. EYE-lund
  8. DOWT
  9. 2
  10. sounds like “I’ll”
  11. l
  12. u
  13. b
  14. SAM-un
  15. i-PIT-uh-mee
  16. 3
  17. 4
  18. SWEET
  19. WENZ-day
  20. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  21. RES-uh-pee
  22. FILM
  23. KEM-is-tree
  24. hoh-TEL
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. 3
  27. KAY-oss
  28. SEZ
  29. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  30. 2
  31. di-VEL-up
  32. WENZ-day
  33. 1
  34. SUT-ul
  35. 3
  36. EYE-lund
  37. 2
  38. BIS-kit
  39. 2
  40. SED

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