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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 571 · 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 “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  8. 8.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  9. 9.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  10. 10.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  16. 16.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  17. 17.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  20. 20.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  21. 21.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  28. 28.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  29. 29.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  31. 31.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  32. 32.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  36. 36.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  39. 39.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. WIM-in
  2. 2
  3. b
  4. 1
  5. p
  6. b
  7. SED
  8. KYOO
  9. sounds like “I’ll”
  10. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  11. 1
  12. KYOO
  13. 2
  14. b
  15. FILM
  16. SUR-kit
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. STAY-shun
  19. l
  20. MIS-chi-vus
  21. i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. 4
  23. KAY-oss
  24. 1
  25. SEZ
  26. 3
  27. u
  28. WENZ-day
  29. STAY-shun
  30. PEET-suh
  31. di-TUR-min
  32. DET
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. s
  35. ri-SEET
  36. KUMF-tuh-bul
  37. 3
  38. PEET-suh
  39. sounds like “I’ll”
  40. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer

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