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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 637 · 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 “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  4. 4.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  7. 7.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  10. 10.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  11. 11.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  12. 12.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  13. 13.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  15. 15.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  16. 16.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  17. 17.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  18. 18.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  22. 22.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  26. 26.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  33. 33.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. 34.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  35. 35.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  38. 38.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  39. 39.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. b
  3. b
  4. WENZ-day
  5. b
  6. u
  7. PUR-pus
  8. 2
  9. ri-SEET
  10. SUT-ul
  11. SAM-un
  12. hoh-TEL
  13. sounds like “I’ll”
  14. l
  15. sounds like “I’ll”
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. RES-uh-pee
  18. SKOOL
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. KAY-oss
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  24. di-VEL-up
  25. BIS-kit
  26. STAY-shun
  27. 4
  28. SED
  29. 2
  30. ri-SEET
  31. 1
  32. KYOO
  33. VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. SAM-un
  35. BIS-kit
  36. 2
  37. FILM
  38. hoh-TEL
  39. VEJ-tuh-bul
  40. SUR-kit

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