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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 650 · 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.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  5. 5.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  8. 8.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  9. 9.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  13. 13.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  18. 18.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  19. 19.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  20. 20.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  21. 21.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  22. 22.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  23. 23.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  25. 25.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  26. 26.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  27. 27.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. DET
  2. 2
  3. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. l
  5. SAM-un
  6. 1
  7. sounds like “I’ll”
  8. ri-SEET
  9. PUR-pus
  10. b
  11. s
  12. EYE-lund
  13. SUT-ul
  14. p
  15. 3
  16. i-PIT-uh-mee
  17. u
  18. SEZ
  19. ri-SEET
  20. DOWT
  21. KYOO
  22. di-VEL-up
  23. SUR-kit
  24. KYOO
  25. DOWT
  26. WIM-in
  27. di-TUR-min
  28. 4
  29. 5
  30. 2
  31. RES-uh-pee
  32. b
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. 1
  36. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. 1
  38. WENZ-day
  39. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. 3

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