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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 618 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  2. 2.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  9. 9.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  10. 10.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  11. 11.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  12. 12.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  16. 16.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. 17.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  18. 18.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  21. 21.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  23. 23.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  31. 31.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  32. 32.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  33. 33.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  34. 34.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  37. 37.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  38. 38.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  39. 39.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. RES-uh-pee
  3. u
  4. b
  5. b
  6. p
  7. 2
  8. l
  9. WIM-in
  10. KEM-is-tree
  11. FILM
  12. PEET-suh
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. s
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. RES-uh-pee
  18. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  19. 2
  20. BIS-kit
  21. KEM-is-tree
  22. 3
  23. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  24. 3
  25. BIS-kit
  26. u
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. STAY-shun
  30. PUR-pus
  31. SUR-kit
  32. di-VEL-up
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. sounds like “I’ll”
  35. 5
  36. WENZ-day
  37. SED
  38. ri-SEET
  39. SWEET
  40. b

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