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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 688 · 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 “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  3. 3.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  5. 5.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  8. 8.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  9. 9.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  13. 13.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  14. 14.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  17. 17.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  18. 18.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  19. 19.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  20. 20.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  21. 21.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  26. 26.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  27. 27.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  28. 28.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  29. 29.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  30. 30.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  31. 31.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  32. 32.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  36. 36.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. MIS-chi-vus
  2. b
  3. SWEET
  4. b
  5. VEJ-tuh-bul
  6. 4
  7. p
  8. SWEET
  9. di-VEL-up
  10. u
  11. 5
  12. sounds like “I’ll”
  13. SKOOL
  14. SED
  15. FILM
  16. l
  17. KYOO
  18. hoh-TEL
  19. i-PIT-uh-mee
  20. STAY-shun
  21. WENZ-day
  22. s
  23. 3
  24. SUT-ul
  25. b
  26. DOWT
  27. SEZ
  28. RES-uh-pee
  29. di-TUR-min
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. ri-SEET
  32. SUR-kit
  33. 2
  34. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  35. KYOO
  36. BIS-kit
  37. 2
  38. u
  39. KUMF-tuh-bul
  40. 3

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