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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 603 · 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.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  2. 2.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  5. 5.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  6. 6.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  15. 15.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  16. 16.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  22. 22.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  26. 26.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  28. 28.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  33. 33.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  34. 34.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  35. 35.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  36. 36.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  37. 37.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  2. SEZ
  3. u
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. SKOOL
  6. WIM-in
  7. 1
  8. 5
  9. s
  10. b
  11. 4
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. p
  14. b
  15. sounds like “I’ll”
  16. EYE-lund
  17. 2
  18. BIS-kit
  19. FILM
  20. 2
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. STAY-shun
  23. 2
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. EYE-lund
  26. SED
  27. SKOOL
  28. WIM-in
  29. 1
  30. SUT-ul
  31. 1
  32. MIS-chi-vus
  33. STAY-shun
  34. DOWT
  35. SED
  36. WENZ-day
  37. DET
  38. 2
  39. DOWT
  40. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun

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