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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 584 · 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 “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  7. 7.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  10. 10.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  16. 16.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  20. 20.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  21. 21.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  24. 24.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  25. 25.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  32. 32.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  33. 33.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  36. 36.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  37. 37.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. SUR-kit
  3. 2
  4. SED
  5. 2
  6. SAM-un
  7. di-VEL-up
  8. 3
  9. SAM-un
  10. KEM-is-tree
  11. 5
  12. 2
  13. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. VEJ-tuh-bul
  15. PUR-pus
  16. hoh-TEL
  17. b
  18. sounds like “I’ll”
  19. b
  20. DOWT
  21. SWEET
  22. 2
  23. p
  24. PEET-suh
  25. SWEET
  26. 1
  27. ri-SEET
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. i-PIT-uh-mee
  32. KAY-oss
  33. FILM
  34. 4
  35. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  36. WENZ-day
  37. WENZ-day
  38. 1
  39. 1
  40. SUR-kit

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