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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 575 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  13. 13.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  15. 15.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  16. 16.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  17. 17.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  20. 20.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  22. 22.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  27. 27.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  28. 28.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  29. 29.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  31. 31.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  33. 33.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  36. 36.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  38. 38.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  39. 39.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  40. 40.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. DOWT
  3. b
  4. l
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. SAM-un
  8. DET
  9. b
  10. u
  11. KUMF-tuh-bul
  12. PEET-suh
  13. KAY-oss
  14. u
  15. SEZ
  16. ri-SEET
  17. SUT-ul
  18. 2
  19. KYOO
  20. BIS-kit
  21. s
  22. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. WIM-in
  27. sounds like “I’ll”
  28. KYOO
  29. SUR-kit
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. PUR-pus
  32. SUR-kit
  33. SUT-ul
  34. 3
  35. PEET-suh
  36. SED
  37. ri-SEET
  38. MIS-chi-vus
  39. hoh-TEL
  40. di-TUR-min

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