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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 590 · 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 “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  8. 8.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  9. 9.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  14. 14.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  15. 15.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  20. 20.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  21. 21.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  24. 24.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  29. 29.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  30. 30.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  31. 31.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  32. 32.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  33. 33.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  35. 35.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  36. 36.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  40. 40.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. VEJ-tuh-bul
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. di-VEL-up
  6. 3
  7. s
  8. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  9. STAY-shun
  10. 1
  11. BIS-kit
  12. di-TUR-min
  13. SAM-un
  14. FILM
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. 1
  17. l
  18. 4
  19. KYOO
  20. sounds like “I’ll”
  21. WIM-in
  22. 3
  23. u
  24. sounds like “I’ll”
  25. 1
  26. di-VEL-up
  27. b
  28. u
  29. SAM-un
  30. WENZ-day
  31. STAY-shun
  32. SWEET
  33. WENZ-day
  34. SKOOL
  35. ri-SEET
  36. PUR-pus
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. SED
  40. KEM-is-tree

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