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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 716 · 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.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  3. 3.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  7. 7.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  8. 8.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  10. 10.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  11. 11.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  13. 13.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  14. 14.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  16. 16.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  24. 24.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  25. 25.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  26. 26.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  27. 27.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  28. 28.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  31. 31.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  32. 32.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  36. 36.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. b
  2. b
  3. KYOO
  4. 2
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  8. FILM
  9. l
  10. WIM-in
  11. KUMF-tuh-bul
  12. s
  13. WENZ-day
  14. ri-SEET
  15. KAY-oss
  16. KUMF-tuh-bul
  17. PEET-suh
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. SED
  22. 4
  23. SWEET
  24. i-PIT-uh-mee
  25. RES-uh-pee
  26. SED
  27. DET
  28. EYE-lund
  29. 3
  30. BIS-kit
  31. DOWT
  32. SAM-un
  33. 2
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. u
  36. SAM-un
  37. 1
  38. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  39. BIS-kit
  40. 2

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