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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 606 · 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) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  7. 7.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  9. 9.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. 12.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  13. 13.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  23. 23.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  37. 37.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  38. 38.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  40. 40.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. ri-SEET
  5. 3
  6. b
  7. SWEET
  8. BIS-kit
  9. SUT-ul
  10. 4
  11. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. FILM
  13. EYE-lund
  14. 1
  15. sounds like “I’ll”
  16. p
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. 1
  20. SUT-ul
  21. u
  22. RES-uh-pee
  23. SUR-kit
  24. SUR-kit
  25. ri-SEET
  26. 4
  27. STAY-shun
  28. EYE-lund
  29. i-PIT-uh-mee
  30. SAM-un
  31. l
  32. 1
  33. sounds like “I’ll”
  34. u
  35. 3
  36. b
  37. SED
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. KEM-is-tree
  40. SWEET

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