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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 71 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  2. 2.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  3. 3.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  5. 5.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  6. 6.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. 7.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  11. 11.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  13. 13.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  14. 14.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  16. 16.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  17. 17.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  18. 18.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  21. 21.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  34. 34.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  35. 35.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  39. 39.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  40. 40.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. VEJ-tuh-bul
  3. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. 1
  5. SUR-kit
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. MIS-chi-vus
  8. b
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. KYOO
  12. BIS-kit
  13. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. SEZ
  15. di-VEL-up
  16. di-TUR-min
  17. sounds like “I’ll”
  18. DOWT
  19. u
  20. l
  21. SKOOL
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. WENZ-day
  28. 2
  29. WIM-in
  30. u
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. sounds like “I’ll”
  34. SED
  35. KEM-is-tree
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. b
  39. SEZ
  40. DOWT

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