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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 632 · 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 “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  6. 6.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  12. 12.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  13. 13.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  14. 14.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  16. 16.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  18. 18.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  19. 19.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  20. 20.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  22. 22.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  30. 30.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  39. 39.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  40. 40.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. b
  4. 1
  5. SWEET
  6. di-VEL-up
  7. b
  8. 2
  9. u
  10. 3
  11. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  12. SUT-ul
  13. RES-uh-pee
  14. SED
  15. EYE-lund
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. STAY-shun
  18. MIS-chi-vus
  19. DET
  20. di-TUR-min
  21. u
  22. KYOO
  23. 2
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. BIS-kit
  26. 2
  27. VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. 1
  29. SUR-kit
  30. hoh-TEL
  31. KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. l
  33. p
  34. 2
  35. s
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 2
  38. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  39. i-PIT-uh-mee
  40. SUT-ul

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