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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 613 · 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 “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  7. 7.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  8. 8.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  13. 13.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  16. 16.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  20. 20.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  21. 21.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  22. 22.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  26. 26.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  27. 27.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  32. 32.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  37. 37.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  38. 38.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. BIS-kit
  2. 1
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. u
  5. 1
  6. SUR-kit
  7. i-PIT-uh-mee
  8. PUR-pus
  9. s
  10. 1
  11. l
  12. p
  13. BIS-kit
  14. 2
  15. SKOOL
  16. WIM-in
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. KUMF-tuh-bul
  20. hoh-TEL
  21. STAY-shun
  22. KYOO
  23. 3
  24. DET
  25. 4
  26. FILM
  27. WIM-in
  28. 2
  29. SAM-un
  30. PEET-suh
  31. MIS-chi-vus
  32. DOWT
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. di-VEL-up
  37. EYE-lund
  38. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. 2
  40. 2

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