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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 711 · 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 “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  11. 11.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  12. 12.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  25. 25.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  26. 26.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  28. 28.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  29. 29.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  33. 33.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  39. 39.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT

Answer key

  1. SEZ
  2. s
  3. p
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. DET
  6. 4
  7. KEM-is-tree
  8. 3
  9. 5
  10. KYOO
  11. RES-uh-pee
  12. PUR-pus
  13. b
  14. STAY-shun
  15. l
  16. 2
  17. SAM-un
  18. 2
  19. SED
  20. u
  21. 1
  22. u
  23. 2
  24. RES-uh-pee
  25. WIM-in
  26. MIS-chi-vus
  27. ri-SEET
  28. MIS-chi-vus
  29. ri-SEET
  30. 2
  31. PEET-suh
  32. SUR-kit
  33. VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. 2
  35. KAY-oss
  36. 1
  37. VEJ-tuh-bul
  38. sounds like “I’ll”
  39. PEET-suh
  40. SWEET

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