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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 690 · 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 “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  2. 2.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  11. 11.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  12. 12.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  13. 13.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  14. 14.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  23. 23.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  26. 26.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  27. 27.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  28. 28.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  30. 30.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  33. 33.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  35. 35.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  39. 39.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  40. 40.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu

Answer key

  1. SUR-kit
  2. ri-SEET
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. s
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. MIS-chi-vus
  10. DOWT
  11. KAY-oss
  12. WIM-in
  13. FILM
  14. KEM-is-tree
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. u
  19. b
  20. SEZ
  21. 1
  22. u
  23. di-TUR-min
  24. 5
  25. SEZ
  26. SUT-ul
  27. sounds like “I’ll”
  28. WENZ-day
  29. i-PIT-uh-mee
  30. KYOO
  31. SAM-un
  32. l
  33. SUR-kit
  34. SKOOL
  35. EYE-lund
  36. 4
  37. WIM-in
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. SWEET
  40. SKOOL

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