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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 739 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  3. 3.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  5. 5.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. 10.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  11. 11.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  13. 13.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  16. 16.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  21. 21.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  22. 22.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  29. 29.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  36. 36.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. RES-uh-pee
  3. KEM-is-tree
  4. 1
  5. sounds like “I’ll”
  6. 1
  7. SED
  8. 2
  9. KUMF-tuh-bul
  10. DET
  11. DOWT
  12. 2
  13. di-VEL-up
  14. 2
  15. b
  16. SUR-kit
  17. STAY-shun
  18. 2
  19. b
  20. b
  21. KEM-is-tree
  22. FILM
  23. KYOO
  24. 3
  25. SWEET
  26. l
  27. VEJ-tuh-bul
  28. PEET-suh
  29. SUR-kit
  30. PUR-pus
  31. 5
  32. WENZ-day
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. FILM
  36. STAY-shun
  37. u
  38. 3
  39. 1
  40. BIS-kit

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