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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 694 · 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 “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  8. 8.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  12. 12.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  15. 15.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  19. 19.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  20. 20.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  21. 21.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  22. 22.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  23. 23.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  24. 24.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  26. 26.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  29. 29.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  31. 31.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. 32.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  35. 35.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  36. 36.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  37. 37.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit

Answer key

  1. VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. 1
  3. b
  4. u
  5. 2
  6. BIS-kit
  7. SED
  8. di-VEL-up
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  12. KYOO
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. DET
  16. l
  17. 5
  18. SAM-un
  19. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  20. sounds like “I’ll”
  21. SKOOL
  22. PUR-pus
  23. PUR-pus
  24. MIS-chi-vus
  25. b
  26. SUT-ul
  27. b
  28. s
  29. DET
  30. SUT-ul
  31. VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. RES-uh-pee
  33. 3
  34. RES-uh-pee
  35. SWEET
  36. di-VEL-up
  37. i-PIT-uh-mee
  38. 2
  39. BIS-kit
  40. SUR-kit

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