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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 574 · 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.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  2. 2.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  5. 5.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  6. 6.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  10. 10.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  11. 11.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  12. 12.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  13. 13.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  14. 14.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  15. 15.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  16. 16.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  23. 23.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  26. 26.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  28. 28.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  29. 29.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  31. 31.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  33. 33.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. b
  2. SKOOL
  3. 2
  4. i-PIT-uh-mee
  5. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  6. SAM-un
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. SWEET
  10. KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. hoh-TEL
  12. STAY-shun
  13. SAM-un
  14. WENZ-day
  15. sounds like “I’ll”
  16. RES-uh-pee
  17. 2
  18. VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. 2
  20. PUR-pus
  21. 3
  22. u
  23. SUR-kit
  24. 1
  25. u
  26. di-VEL-up
  27. FILM
  28. DOWT
  29. MIS-chi-vus
  30. ri-SEET
  31. DET
  32. b
  33. KYOO
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. SWEET
  37. 4
  38. 3
  39. KAY-oss
  40. 1

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