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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 626 · 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 “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  2. 2.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  5. 5.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  10. 10.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  12. 12.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  15. 15.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 20.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  21. 21.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  22. 22.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  23. 23.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  24. 24.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  25. 25.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  26. 26.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  34. 34.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  37. 37.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. di-TUR-min
  2. EYE-lund
  3. 2
  4. b
  5. KYOO
  6. 3
  7. VEJ-tuh-bul
  8. u
  9. b
  10. ri-SEET
  11. l
  12. PUR-pus
  13. 2
  14. RES-uh-pee
  15. i-PIT-uh-mee
  16. p
  17. VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. b
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. KEM-is-tree
  21. SUR-kit
  22. SEZ
  23. WENZ-day
  24. FILM
  25. SWEET
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. KAY-oss
  28. 3
  29. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  30. 2
  31. MIS-chi-vus
  32. 4
  33. s
  34. RES-uh-pee
  35. SUT-ul
  36. PEET-suh
  37. SKOOL
  38. 2
  39. BIS-kit
  40. 2

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