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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 600 · 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 “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  5. 5.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  10. 10.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  11. 11.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  15. 15.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  17. 17.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  18. 18.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  20. 20.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  21. 21.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  22. 22.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  23. 23.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  24. 24.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  26. 26.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  27. 27.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  31. 31.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  37. 37.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  38. 38.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  39. 39.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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