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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 624 · 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 “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  10. 10.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  15. 15.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  18. 18.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  20. 20.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  22. 22.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  25. 25.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  26. 26.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  30. 30.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  36. 36.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

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

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