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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 640 · 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) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  3. 3.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  5. 5.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  6. 6.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  9. 9.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  10. 10.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  12. 12.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  15. 15.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  22. 22.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  23. 23.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  27. 27.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  30. 30.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  31. 31.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  32. 32.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  36. 36.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  37. 37.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. u
  3. PEET-suh
  4. l
  5. STAY-shun
  6. KYOO
  7. 4
  8. VEJ-tuh-bul
  9. SUR-kit
  10. hoh-TEL
  11. b
  12. SUT-ul
  13. SAM-un
  14. p
  15. STAY-shun
  16. 1
  17. KEM-is-tree
  18. 3
  19. RES-uh-pee
  20. b
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. WIM-in
  23. DOWT
  24. 2
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. u
  27. SKOOL
  28. 1
  29. b
  30. WENZ-day
  31. KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. KEM-is-tree
  33. 2
  34. 3
  35. s
  36. SEZ
  37. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  38. DOWT
  39. 5
  40. i-PIT-uh-mee

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