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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 69 · 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) m (c) s
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  10. 10.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  13. 13.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  14. 14.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  19. 19.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  21. 21.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  33. 33.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  34. 34.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  39. 39.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

  1. l
  2. b
  3. 4
  4. FILM
  5. 3
  6. 5
  7. SED
  8. p
  9. KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  11. b
  12. b
  13. WENZ-day
  14. KYOO
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. 3
  18. SWEET
  19. STAY-shun
  20. s
  21. KEM-is-tree
  22. SUT-ul
  23. VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 1
  25. BIS-kit
  26. 2
  27. 3
  28. SAM-un
  29. RES-uh-pee
  30. 2
  31. di-VEL-up
  32. DET
  33. di-TUR-min
  34. WIM-in
  35. SEZ
  36. 2
  37. SKOOL
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. hoh-TEL
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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