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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 578 · 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 “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  2. 2.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  3. 3.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  4. 4.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  7. 7.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  8. 8.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  9. 9.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  12. 12.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  16. 16.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  17. 17.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  23. 23.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  26. 26.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  27. 27.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  28. 28.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  30. 30.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  31. 31.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  32. 32.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  36. 36.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  39. 39.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. SUT-ul
  2. DOWT
  3. i-PIT-uh-mee
  4. WENZ-day
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. SKOOL
  8. BIS-kit
  9. KAY-oss
  10. 2
  11. SUT-ul
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. l
  14. s
  15. u
  16. SAM-un
  17. hoh-TEL
  18. 1
  19. 1
  20. di-VEL-up
  21. b
  22. PEET-suh
  23. KUMF-tuh-bul
  24. ri-SEET
  25. ri-SEET
  26. hoh-TEL
  27. WIM-in
  28. STAY-shun
  29. DOWT
  30. KYOO
  31. STAY-shun
  32. BIS-kit
  33. KEM-is-tree
  34. 2
  35. u
  36. KYOO
  37. 2
  38. SKOOL
  39. i-PIT-uh-mee
  40. 1

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