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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 678 · 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 “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  2. 2.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  3. 3.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  6. 6.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  9. 9.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  26. 26.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  27. 27.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  30. 30.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  31. 31.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  32. 32.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  36. 36.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  37. 37.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel

Answer key

  1. di-VEL-up
  2. SWEET
  3. VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. u
  5. b
  6. SUT-ul
  7. 2
  8. hoh-TEL
  9. KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. 2
  11. WIM-in
  12. b
  13. 4
  14. di-TUR-min
  15. 1
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. 2
  18. SKOOL
  19. 2
  20. PEET-suh
  21. p
  22. b
  23. 3
  24. BIS-kit
  25. ri-SEET
  26. ri-SEET
  27. VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. 2
  29. RES-uh-pee
  30. SUR-kit
  31. SKOOL
  32. KAY-oss
  33. 1
  34. KEM-is-tree
  35. 2
  36. BIS-kit
  37. MIS-chi-vus
  38. FILM
  39. 1
  40. hoh-TEL

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