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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 723 · 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 “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. 2.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  3. 3.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  5. 5.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  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 “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  12. 12.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  13. 13.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  16. 16.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  17. 17.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  22. 22.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  23. 23.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  24. 24.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  26. 26.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  27. 27.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  32. 32.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. 37.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
  38. 38.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul

Answer key

  1. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  2. SKOOL
  3. FILM
  4. b
  5. DET
  6. 2
  7. BIS-kit
  8. 4
  9. b
  10. 2
  11. l
  12. WENZ-day
  13. ri-SEET
  14. 2
  15. KYOO
  16. BIS-kit
  17. VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. STAY-shun
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 3
  21. SEZ
  22. MIS-chi-vus
  23. PUR-pus
  24. PUR-pus
  25. s
  26. hoh-TEL
  27. MIS-chi-vus
  28. 2
  29. i-PIT-uh-mee
  30. 5
  31. SEZ
  32. di-TUR-min
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 2
  35. 2
  36. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. di-TUR-min
  38. PEET-suh
  39. 2
  40. SUT-ul

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