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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 727 · 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 “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  5. 5.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  6. 6.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  7. 7.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  11. 11.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  12. 12.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  19. 19.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  20. 20.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  21. 21.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  22. 22.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  23. 23.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  29. 29.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  30. 30.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  31. 31.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  35. 35.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul

Answer key

  1. PEET-suh
  2. 1
  3. b
  4. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  5. SEZ
  6. SAM-un
  7. STAY-shun
  8. 2
  9. PUR-pus
  10. l
  11. FILM
  12. MIS-chi-vus
  13. SUR-kit
  14. STAY-shun
  15. s
  16. 5
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. 4
  19. RES-uh-pee
  20. sounds like “I’ll”
  21. SWEET
  22. KAY-oss
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. 2
  28. b
  29. SED
  30. EYE-lund
  31. FILM
  32. 1
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. u
  35. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. 3
  40. VEJ-tuh-bul

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