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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 72 · 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 “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  5. 5.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  6. 6.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  15. 15.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  16. 16.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  17. 17.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  19. 19.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  20. 20.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  24. 24.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  30. 30.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  34. 34.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  37. 37.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  38. 38.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. 39.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  40. 40.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME

Answer key

  1. b
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. SUR-kit
  5. DOWT
  6. KAY-oss
  7. sounds like “I’ll”
  8. SED
  9. KEM-is-tree
  10. 2
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. l
  13. 2
  14. p
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. FILM
  17. VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. b
  19. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  20. SKOOL
  21. s
  22. 1
  23. di-TUR-min
  24. SUT-ul
  25. 3
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. PEET-suh
  28. 2
  29. SUT-ul
  30. di-TUR-min
  31. b
  32. 1
  33. SEZ
  34. STAY-shun
  35. 1
  36. KAY-oss
  37. ri-SEET
  38. i-PIT-uh-mee
  39. SEZ
  40. i-PIT-uh-mee

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