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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 755 · 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 “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  4. 4.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  6. 6.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  7. 7.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  10. 10.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  11. 11.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  12. 12.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  15. 15.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  20. 20.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  23. 23.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  24. 24.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  27. 27.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  33. 33.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  34. 34.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  38. 38.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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