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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 61 · 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 do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  5. 5.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  6. 6.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  8. 8.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  11. 11.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  13. 13.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  16. 16.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. 18.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  19. 19.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  24. 24.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  27. 27.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  31. 31.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. BIS-kit
  2. s
  3. 3
  4. KYOO
  5. SAM-un
  6. DET
  7. u
  8. FILM
  9. KEM-is-tree
  10. u
  11. SUR-kit
  12. b
  13. KYOO
  14. 2
  15. DOWT
  16. SKOOL
  17. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  18. RES-uh-pee
  19. ri-SEET
  20. 1
  21. KUMF-tuh-bul
  22. 3
  23. l
  24. FILM
  25. 2
  26. hoh-TEL
  27. SED
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. 2
  30. b
  31. sounds like “I’ll”
  32. 1
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. SUT-ul
  35. 1
  36. SWEET
  37. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  38. WENZ-day
  39. 1
  40. 2

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