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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 580 · 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 “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  2. 2.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  6. 6.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  7. 7.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  13. 13.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  14. 14.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  16. 16.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  17. 17.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  18. 18.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  37. 37.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  38. 38.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l

Answer key

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

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