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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 570 · 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.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  3. 3.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  4. 4.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  9. 9.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  10. 10.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  12. 12.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  13. 13.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  26. 26.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  28. 28.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  30. 30.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  36. 36.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  37. 37.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  39. 39.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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