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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 745 · 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 “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  3. 3.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  4. 4.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  7. 7.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  8. 8.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  9. 9.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  11. 11.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  12. 12.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  13. 13.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  15. 15.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  21. 21.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  25. 25.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  27. 27.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  28. 28.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  29. 29.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  35. 35.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  36. 36.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  37. 37.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  39. 39.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  40. 40.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum

Answer key

  1. VEJ-tuh-bul
  2. b
  3. sounds like “I’ll”
  4. SED
  5. 1
  6. PEET-suh
  7. di-VEL-up
  8. hoh-TEL
  9. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  10. u
  11. KAY-oss
  12. SEZ
  13. WIM-in
  14. b
  15. ri-SEET
  16. u
  17. 2
  18. SED
  19. 1
  20. EYE-lund
  21. WIM-in
  22. RES-uh-pee
  23. 3
  24. SAM-un
  25. FILM
  26. b
  27. KEM-is-tree
  28. STAY-shun
  29. DET
  30. 2
  31. SKOOL
  32. 2
  33. EYE-lund
  34. l
  35. MIS-chi-vus
  36. PUR-pus
  37. SUR-kit
  38. sounds like “I’ll”
  39. RES-uh-pee
  40. FILM

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