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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 734 · 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 “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  6. 6.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  7. 7.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  8. 8.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  12. 12.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  13. 13.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  14. 14.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  17. 17.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. 19.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  20. 20.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  23. 23.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  24. 24.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  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.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  28. 28.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. 29.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  37. 37.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  39. 39.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b

Answer key

  1. l
  2. 3
  3. RES-uh-pee
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. EYE-lund
  7. SEZ
  8. RES-uh-pee
  9. 2
  10. u
  11. hoh-TEL
  12. ri-SEET
  13. SKOOL
  14. WIM-in
  15. b
  16. 1
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. KUMF-tuh-bul
  19. DET
  20. i-PIT-uh-mee
  21. 1
  22. DOWT
  23. PUR-pus
  24. MIS-chi-vus
  25. s
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. hoh-TEL
  28. VEJ-tuh-bul
  29. DET
  30. p
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. u
  34. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  35. 4
  36. sounds like “I’ll”
  37. STAY-shun
  38. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  39. PUR-pus
  40. b

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