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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 715 · 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 “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  4. 4.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  10. 10.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  13. 13.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  14. 14.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  19. 19.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  20. 20.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  29. 29.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 36.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  37. 37.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  38. 38.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee

Answer key

  1. sounds like “I’ll”
  2. 3
  3. b
  4. STAY-shun
  5. l
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  10. SUR-kit
  11. 1
  12. BIS-kit
  13. BIS-kit
  14. WIM-in
  15. 2
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. 1
  18. SUT-ul
  19. WIM-in
  20. KYOO
  21. SED
  22. s
  23. 2
  24. 1
  25. b
  26. u
  27. SKOOL
  28. SWEET
  29. FILM
  30. PUR-pus
  31. SAM-un
  32. b
  33. 2
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. KEM-is-tree
  37. DOWT
  38. SUT-ul
  39. 2
  40. i-PIT-uh-mee

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