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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 659 · 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 “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  5. 5.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  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 many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  14. 14.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  16. 16.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  17. 17.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  29. 29.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  39. 39.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ

Answer key

  1. DOWT
  2. FILM
  3. WENZ-day
  4. l
  5. STAY-shun
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. KAY-oss
  9. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. 2
  11. KUMF-tuh-bul
  12. KYOO
  13. p
  14. PUR-pus
  15. b
  16. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  17. KYOO
  18. 1
  19. b
  20. 4
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. PEET-suh
  23. 4
  24. SAM-un
  25. 3
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. 2
  28. SAM-un
  29. SEZ
  30. VEJ-tuh-bul
  31. 2
  32. u
  33. KEM-is-tree
  34. 2
  35. 2
  36. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  37. 3
  38. BIS-kit
  39. SUR-kit
  40. SEZ

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