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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 658 · 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 do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  5. 5.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  16. 16.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  17. 17.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  18. 18.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  19. 19.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  20. 20.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  22. 22.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  30. 30.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  34. 34.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  35. 35.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  36. 36.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  40. 40.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in

Answer key

  1. PEET-suh
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. FILM
  5. STAY-shun
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. u
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. b
  12. 3
  13. b
  14. 4
  15. KYOO
  16. KEM-is-tree
  17. MIS-chi-vus
  18. di-TUR-min
  19. RES-uh-pee
  20. PEET-suh
  21. s
  22. SKOOL
  23. p
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. u
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. SAM-un
  28. 1
  29. MIS-chi-vus
  30. SED
  31. b
  32. 3
  33. WENZ-day
  34. SED
  35. SKOOL
  36. ri-SEET
  37. KAY-oss
  38. sounds like “I’ll”
  39. BIS-kit
  40. WIM-in

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