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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 57 · 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 “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  4. 4.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  7. 7.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  11. 11.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  12. 12.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  13. 13.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  14. 14.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  15. 15.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  24. 24.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  25. 25.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  26. 26.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  29. 29.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  31. 31.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  39. 39.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  40. 40.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS

Answer key

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

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