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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 682 · 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 “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  4. 4.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  6. 6.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. 7.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  11. 11.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  17. 17.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  18. 18.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. 19.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  22. 22.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  23. 23.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. 28.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  29. 29.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  35. 35.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  36. 36.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  37. 37.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  38. 38.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. p
  3. u
  4. SUT-ul
  5. b
  6. i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. KEM-is-tree
  8. 1
  9. KAY-oss
  10. sounds like “I’ll”
  11. FILM
  12. 1
  13. 3
  14. s
  15. 3
  16. FILM
  17. di-TUR-min
  18. VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. SAM-un
  20. KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. b
  22. sounds like “I’ll”
  23. WIM-in
  24. 4
  25. DET
  26. l
  27. i-PIT-uh-mee
  28. BIS-kit
  29. MIS-chi-vus
  30. 1
  31. EYE-lund
  32. SWEET
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. PEET-suh
  36. WENZ-day
  37. SKOOL
  38. PUR-pus
  39. KEM-is-tree
  40. 2

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