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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 680 · 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 “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  3. 3.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  6. 6.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  9. 9.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  11. 11.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  12. 12.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  19. 19.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  20. 20.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  23. 23.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  30. 30.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  31. 31.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  32. 32.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  33. 33.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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