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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 721 · 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.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  13. 13.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  16. 16.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  20. 20.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  21. 21.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  22. 22.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  25. 25.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  33. 33.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  34. 34.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  36. 36.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  37. 37.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  40. 40.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh

Answer key

  1. WENZ-day
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. b
  5. 3
  6. SAM-un
  7. BIS-kit
  8. 2
  9. DET
  10. 2
  11. p
  12. b
  13. VEJ-tuh-bul
  14. s
  15. u
  16. EYE-lund
  17. 4
  18. SWEET
  19. l
  20. WENZ-day
  21. hoh-TEL
  22. KYOO
  23. b
  24. u
  25. SUT-ul
  26. SAM-un
  27. 1
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. 1
  30. SED
  31. 3
  32. sounds like “I’ll”
  33. DOWT
  34. RES-uh-pee
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. FILM
  37. PUR-pus
  38. 4
  39. ri-SEET
  40. PEET-suh

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