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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 633 · 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 “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  6. 6.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  8. 8.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  13. 13.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  14. 14.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  15. 15.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  16. 16.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  21. 21.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  22. 22.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  32. 32.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  36. 36.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  37. 37.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  39. 39.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. SWEET
  4. 2
  5. WIM-in
  6. RES-uh-pee
  7. SED
  8. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  9. 2
  10. KEM-is-tree
  11. u
  12. u
  13. BIS-kit
  14. WENZ-day
  15. EYE-lund
  16. di-VEL-up
  17. b
  18. 2
  19. FILM
  20. b
  21. DOWT
  22. SAM-un
  23. 2
  24. i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. PUR-pus
  26. SAM-un
  27. 1
  28. SUT-ul
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. b
  32. KYOO
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. p
  35. l
  36. KYOO
  37. PEET-suh
  38. DOWT
  39. sounds like “I’ll”
  40. s

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