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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 582 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  5. 5.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  6. 6.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  7. 7.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  8. 8.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  9. 9.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  12. 12.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  13. 13.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  14. 14.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  16. 16.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  19. 19.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  20. 20.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  23. 23.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  26. 26.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  30. 30.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  31. 31.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  39. 39.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  40. 40.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME

Answer key

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

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