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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 75 · 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 “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. 2.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  3. 3.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  5. 5.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  6. 6.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  8. 8.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  9. 9.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  10. 10.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  13. 13.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  20. 20.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  23. 23.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  25. 25.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  26. 26.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  27. 27.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  28. 28.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  31. 31.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  37. 37.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  40. 40.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL

Answer key

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

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