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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 750 · 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 “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  5. 5.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. 6.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  7. 7.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  8. 8.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  13. 13.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  14. 14.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  15. 15.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  21. 21.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  23. 23.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  25. 25.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  30. 30.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  33. 33.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  34. 34.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  37. 37.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  4. b
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. PEET-suh
  7. SEZ
  8. EYE-lund
  9. 1
  10. SWEET
  11. 2
  12. WIM-in
  13. di-VEL-up
  14. BIS-kit
  15. WIM-in
  16. 2
  17. p
  18. u
  19. 2
  20. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  21. hoh-TEL
  22. ri-SEET
  23. FILM
  24. l
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. KAY-oss
  29. u
  30. di-TUR-min
  31. b
  32. SUT-ul
  33. SWEET
  34. VEJ-tuh-bul
  35. 2
  36. s
  37. PUR-pus
  38. EYE-lund
  39. 4
  40. KUMF-tuh-bul

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