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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 666 · 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 “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  7. 7.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  8. 8.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  16. 16.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  17. 17.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  18. 18.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  21. 21.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  25. 25.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  28. 28.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  31. 31.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. b
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. STAY-shun
  7. SUT-ul
  8. ri-SEET
  9. p
  10. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  11. BIS-kit
  12. VEJ-tuh-bul
  13. ri-SEET
  14. SKOOL
  15. b
  16. PEET-suh
  17. di-TUR-min
  18. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  19. KYOO
  20. u
  21. SUR-kit
  22. s
  23. 2
  24. l
  25. sounds like “I’ll”
  26. 2
  27. WENZ-day
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. DOWT
  30. u
  31. KAY-oss
  32. 2
  33. EYE-lund
  34. SWEET
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. SKOOL
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. STAY-shun

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