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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 646 · 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.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  3. 3.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  4. 4.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  6. 6.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  7. 7.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  11. 11.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  12. 12.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  13. 13.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  14. 14.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  15. 15.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  16. 16.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  20. 20.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  28. 28.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  30. 30.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  34. 34.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  39. 39.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup

Answer key

  1. s
  2. b
  3. EYE-lund
  4. DET
  5. u
  6. PEET-suh
  7. KAY-oss
  8. 3
  9. SAM-un
  10. b
  11. SWEET
  12. KEM-is-tree
  13. di-TUR-min
  14. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  15. SED
  16. FILM
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. SKOOL
  20. RES-uh-pee
  21. u
  22. KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. 2
  24. KAY-oss
  25. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  26. 2
  27. b
  28. MIS-chi-vus
  29. DOWT
  30. SUT-ul
  31. l
  32. 2
  33. SUT-ul
  34. STAY-shun
  35. 3
  36. WIM-in
  37. 1
  38. ri-SEET
  39. DET
  40. di-VEL-up

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