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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 673 · 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 “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  2. 2.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  3. 3.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  11. 11.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  12. 12.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  14. 14.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  15. 15.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  16. 16.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  17. 17.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  19. 19.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  20. 20.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  21. 21.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  24. 24.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  25. 25.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  27. 27.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  31. 31.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  37. 37.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  38. 38.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  39. 39.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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