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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 634 · 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 “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  8. 8.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  9. 9.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  14. 14.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  16. 16.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  17. 17.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  21. 21.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  22. 22.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  23. 23.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  32. 32.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  37. 37.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez

Answer key

  1. SEZ
  2. l
  3. u
  4. SWEET
  5. b
  6. 2
  7. SUT-ul
  8. FILM
  9. KYOO
  10. 1
  11. hoh-TEL
  12. s
  13. u
  14. DET
  15. p
  16. RES-uh-pee
  17. DET
  18. 3
  19. ri-SEET
  20. ri-SEET
  21. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  22. WENZ-day
  23. KEM-is-tree
  24. b
  25. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. SKOOL
  27. 2
  28. di-VEL-up
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. sounds like “I’ll”
  32. di-TUR-min
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. RES-uh-pee
  35. 3
  36. PEET-suh
  37. sounds like “I’ll”
  38. 1
  39. SAM-un
  40. SEZ

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