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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 722 · 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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  2. 2.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  3. 3.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  4. 4.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  11. 11.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  14. 14.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  15. 15.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  16. 16.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  26. 26.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  29. 29.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  30. 30.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  37. 37.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  38. 38.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  39. 39.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
  40. 40.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree

Answer key

  1. KYOO
  2. SEZ
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. 2
  6. u
  7. 5
  8. KAY-oss
  9. 2
  10. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  11. KAY-oss
  12. RES-uh-pee
  13. b
  14. ri-SEET
  15. WENZ-day
  16. EYE-lund
  17. 3
  18. p
  19. 1
  20. WENZ-day
  21. 1
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. SAM-un
  25. DET
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. b
  28. b
  29. SAM-un
  30. di-TUR-min
  31. 2
  32. sounds like “I’ll”
  33. 1
  34. WIM-in
  35. 2
  36. u
  37. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  38. SED
  39. WIM-in
  40. KEM-is-tree

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