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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 749 · 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) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  3. 3.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  5. 5.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  9. 9.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  10. 10.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  11. 11.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  12. 12.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  21. 21.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  28. 28.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  29. 29.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  31. 31.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  32. 32.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  34. 34.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  35. 35.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  40. 40.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  3. SKOOL
  4. b
  5. SWEET
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. u
  9. PUR-pus
  10. KEM-is-tree
  11. FILM
  12. KAY-oss
  13. 2
  14. 3
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. 1
  18. ri-SEET
  19. WENZ-day
  20. b
  21. di-TUR-min
  22. RES-uh-pee
  23. VEJ-tuh-bul
  24. 1
  25. KYOO
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. b
  28. WIM-in
  29. MIS-chi-vus
  30. s
  31. SAM-un
  32. SUT-ul
  33. KEM-is-tree
  34. SED
  35. DOWT
  36. p
  37. KAY-oss
  38. KYOO
  39. SKOOL
  40. EYE-lund

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