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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 743 · 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 “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  2. 2.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  7. 7.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  8. 8.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  9. 9.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  11. 11.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  13. 13.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  15. 15.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  17. 17.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  20. 20.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  23. 23.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  24. 24.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  26. 26.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  29. 29.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  35. 35.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee

Answer key

  1. FILM
  2. SUT-ul
  3. 1
  4. PUR-pus
  5. b
  6. b
  7. SKOOL
  8. i-PIT-uh-mee
  9. KYOO
  10. p
  11. KYOO
  12. u
  13. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  14. b
  15. SKOOL
  16. 3
  17. di-TUR-min
  18. 2
  19. SUR-kit
  20. di-VEL-up
  21. 2
  22. EYE-lund
  23. SAM-un
  24. SEZ
  25. ri-SEET
  26. SED
  27. s
  28. u
  29. SUR-kit
  30. l
  31. SAM-un
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. KEM-is-tree
  35. sounds like “I’ll”
  36. 2
  37. SWEET
  38. 1
  39. KUMF-tuh-bul
  40. WENZ-day

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