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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 636 · 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) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  5. 5.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  9. 9.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  12. 12.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  13. 13.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  20. 20.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  24. 24.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  28. 28.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  29. 29.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  30. 30.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  31. 31.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  32. 32.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  35. 35.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  36. 36.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  37. 37.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  38. 38.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  39. 39.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. KEM-is-tree
  5. PUR-pus
  6. b
  7. u
  8. s
  9. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. DOWT
  11. l
  12. SAM-un
  13. SEZ
  14. 3
  15. PEET-suh
  16. 2
  17. b
  18. 5
  19. STAY-shun
  20. SUT-ul
  21. SED
  22. 2
  23. p
  24. STAY-shun
  25. u
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. di-TUR-min
  28. SUR-kit
  29. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  30. EYE-lund
  31. KAY-oss
  32. SKOOL
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. PUR-pus
  36. DET
  37. FILM
  38. SED
  39. SAM-un
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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