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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 622 · 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) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  3. 3.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  8. 8.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  11. 11.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  12. 12.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  19. 19.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  22. 22.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  23. 23.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  24. 24.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  31. 31.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  35. 35.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  36. 36.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  39. 39.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. WIM-in
  3. PUR-pus
  4. b
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. SEZ
  8. SKOOL
  9. 2
  10. SWEET
  11. SWEET
  12. SUR-kit
  13. l
  14. 5
  15. 2
  16. di-VEL-up
  17. 1
  18. u
  19. KUMF-tuh-bul
  20. 2
  21. p
  22. KEM-is-tree
  23. STAY-shun
  24. BIS-kit
  25. SEZ
  26. 2
  27. u
  28. EYE-lund
  29. 2
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. SUT-ul
  32. SUT-ul
  33. b
  34. KYOO
  35. RES-uh-pee
  36. MIS-chi-vus
  37. KAY-oss
  38. STAY-shun
  39. sounds like “I’ll”
  40. SAM-un

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