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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 719 · 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 “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  4. 4.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  6. 6.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  7. 7.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  8. 8.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  10. 10.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  11. 11.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  12. 12.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  18. 18.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  26. 26.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  29. 29.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  30. 30.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  31. 31.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  32. 32.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  33. 33.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  38. 38.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  39. 39.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. ri-SEET
  2. s
  3. b
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. l
  6. KAY-oss
  7. SWEET
  8. i-PIT-uh-mee
  9. i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. KYOO
  11. DET
  12. WIM-in
  13. 1
  14. b
  15. 3
  16. u
  17. p
  18. SUR-kit
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. SAM-un
  22. 3
  23. 5
  24. 2
  25. BIS-kit
  26. DOWT
  27. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  28. EYE-lund
  29. KEM-is-tree
  30. WIM-in
  31. SED
  32. VEJ-tuh-bul
  33. MIS-chi-vus
  34. KYOO
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. SWEET
  38. PUR-pus
  39. BIS-kit
  40. 1

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