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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 712 · 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 “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  2. 2.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  3. 3.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  7. 7.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  10. 10.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  11. 11.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  12. 12.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  15. 15.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  20. 20.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  23. 23.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  25. 25.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  29. 29.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  30. 30.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  33. 33.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  39. 39.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul

Answer key

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

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