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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 725 · 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 “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  2. 2.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  5. 5.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  6. 6.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  11. 11.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  12. 12.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  13. 13.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  21. 21.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  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.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  35. 35.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  37. 37.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  38. 38.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee

Answer key

  1. p
  2. EYE-lund
  3. BIS-kit
  4. 2
  5. KYOO
  6. WIM-in
  7. l
  8. 4
  9. 2
  10. KAY-oss
  11. SAM-un
  12. WENZ-day
  13. DET
  14. 2
  15. SED
  16. s
  17. 5
  18. 1
  19. STAY-shun
  20. u
  21. VEJ-tuh-bul
  22. b
  23. di-TUR-min
  24. KUMF-tuh-bul
  25. SUT-ul
  26. SAM-un
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. u
  30. PUR-pus
  31. 3
  32. BIS-kit
  33. 1
  34. KEM-is-tree
  35. KAY-oss
  36. b
  37. SEZ
  38. VEJ-tuh-bul
  39. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. i-PIT-uh-mee

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