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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 751 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  6. 6.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  10. 10.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  11. 11.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  12. 12.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  21. 21.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  22. 22.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  23. 23.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  25. 25.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  30. 30.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  36. 36.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  37. 37.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. ri-SEET
  5. l
  6. SKOOL
  7. 1
  8. BIS-kit
  9. b
  10. FILM
  11. KAY-oss
  12. KUMF-tuh-bul
  13. 3
  14. WIM-in
  15. s
  16. 3
  17. BIS-kit
  18. sounds like “I’ll”
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. SEZ
  21. EYE-lund
  22. SKOOL
  23. SAM-un
  24. u
  25. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  26. b
  27. 1
  28. DET
  29. i-PIT-uh-mee
  30. i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. 2
  32. SEZ
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. WENZ-day
  36. WIM-in
  37. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  38. EYE-lund
  39. u
  40. SAM-un

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