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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 664 · 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 “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  4. 4.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  9. 9.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  10. 10.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  17. 17.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  21. 21.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  23. 23.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  24. 24.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  27. 27.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  28. 28.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  30. 30.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  37. 37.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  38. 38.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  39. 39.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  40. 40.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun

Answer key

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

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