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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 742 · 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) r (b) p (c) c
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  3. 3.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  5. 5.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  6. 6.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  7. 7.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  8. 8.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  19. 19.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  23. 23.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  25. 25.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  26. 26.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  31. 31.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  32. 32.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  36. 36.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree

Answer key

  1. p
  2. s
  3. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  4. u
  5. BIS-kit
  6. DOWT
  7. SUT-ul
  8. KEM-is-tree
  9. l
  10. 3
  11. di-VEL-up
  12. 4
  13. 1
  14. STAY-shun
  15. b
  16. 3
  17. 2
  18. SWEET
  19. SUR-kit
  20. DET
  21. 1
  22. MIS-chi-vus
  23. sounds like “I’ll”
  24. KYOO
  25. di-TUR-min
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. i-PIT-uh-mee
  30. SAM-un
  31. KUMF-tuh-bul
  32. PEET-suh
  33. RES-uh-pee
  34. 4
  35. ri-SEET
  36. KYOO
  37. 2
  38. DET
  39. 2
  40. KEM-is-tree

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