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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 677 · 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.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  6. 6.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  12. 12.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. 15.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  16. 16.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  17. 17.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  18. 18.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. 19.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  20. 20.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  21. 21.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  22. 22.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  23. 23.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  24. 24.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. 29.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  31. 31.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  32. 32.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  40. 40.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN

Answer key

  1. l
  2. b
  3. 1
  4. SUR-kit
  5. u
  6. WENZ-day
  7. 1
  8. i-PIT-uh-mee
  9. b
  10. 3
  11. p
  12. di-VEL-up
  13. b
  14. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. SED
  16. DET
  17. SUT-ul
  18. i-PIT-uh-mee
  19. BIS-kit
  20. SUT-ul
  21. EYE-lund
  22. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. KUMF-tuh-bul
  24. SWEET
  25. 2
  26. KYOO
  27. 3
  28. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  29. WIM-in
  30. u
  31. DOWT
  32. di-VEL-up
  33. 2
  34. 4
  35. SEZ
  36. 2
  37. SUR-kit
  38. 1
  39. WIM-in
  40. SAM-un

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