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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 744 · 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.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  5. 5.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. 12.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  13. 13.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  14. 14.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  19. 19.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  20. 20.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  21. 21.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  22. 22.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  31. 31.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  32. 32.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  37. 37.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  40. 40.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM

Answer key

  1. KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. SEZ
  5. SWEET
  6. 2
  7. WIM-in
  8. BIS-kit
  9. u
  10. 3
  11. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. KYOO
  13. PEET-suh
  14. ri-SEET
  15. 1
  16. VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. b
  18. VEJ-tuh-bul
  19. di-VEL-up
  20. WENZ-day
  21. RES-uh-pee
  22. i-PIT-uh-mee
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. b
  26. 5
  27. KEM-is-tree
  28. 2
  29. l
  30. b
  31. SKOOL
  32. SEZ
  33. ri-SEET
  34. s
  35. 2
  36. di-TUR-min
  37. sounds like “I’ll”
  38. 2
  39. KAY-oss
  40. FILM

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