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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 735 · 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 “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  2. 2.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  3. 3.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  15. 15.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  16. 16.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  18. 18.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  21. 21.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  22. 22.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  23. 23.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  31. 31.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  40. 40.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun

Answer key

  1. SAM-un
  2. SED
  3. EYE-lund
  4. u
  5. 1
  6. BIS-kit
  7. 2
  8. DOWT
  9. b
  10. 1
  11. p
  12. u
  13. l
  14. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  15. di-TUR-min
  16. SUR-kit
  17. s
  18. SKOOL
  19. 1
  20. KUMF-tuh-bul
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. WENZ-day
  23. WIM-in
  24. 3
  25. WENZ-day
  26. 4
  27. SUT-ul
  28. b
  29. 1
  30. ri-SEET
  31. KYOO
  32. STAY-shun
  33. 3
  34. SUR-kit
  35. 2
  36. PEET-suh
  37. 3
  38. SUT-ul
  39. b
  40. STAY-shun

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