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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 652 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  8. 8.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  13. 13.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  14. 14.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  15. 15.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  16. 16.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  19. 19.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  20. 20.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  24. 24.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  25. 25.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  26. 26.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  28. 28.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  29. 29.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  30. 30.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  31. 31.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  32. 32.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  36. 36.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  37. 37.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  38. 38.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul

Answer key

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

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