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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 647 · 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 “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  6. 6.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  8. 8.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  9. 9.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. 10.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  11. 11.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  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.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  18. 18.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  19. 19.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  20. 20.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  21. 21.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  26. 26.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  34. 34.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  40. 40.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT

Answer key

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

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