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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 724 · 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) s (b) t (c) b
  2. 2.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  4. 4.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  10. 10.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  11. 11.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  12. 12.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  13. 13.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  15. 15.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  17. 17.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  18. 18.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  20. 20.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  21. 21.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  28. 28.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  29. 29.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  31. 31.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  33. 33.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  34. 34.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  39. 39.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  40. 40.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT

Answer key

  1. b
  2. FILM
  3. 3
  4. SUT-ul
  5. 1
  6. DOWT
  7. l
  8. 1
  9. b
  10. PEET-suh
  11. RES-uh-pee
  12. STAY-shun
  13. ri-SEET
  14. u
  15. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  16. s
  17. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  18. BIS-kit
  19. VEJ-tuh-bul
  20. WENZ-day
  21. DET
  22. 2
  23. SEZ
  24. 4
  25. 3
  26. di-VEL-up
  27. SAM-un
  28. DET
  29. KAY-oss
  30. PUR-pus
  31. SEZ
  32. b
  33. i-PIT-uh-mee
  34. di-TUR-min
  35. KEM-is-tree
  36. p
  37. 2
  38. DOWT
  39. SUR-kit
  40. ri-SEET

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