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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 759 · 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.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  5. 5.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
  8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  10. 10.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  11. 11.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  12. 12.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  13. 13.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  18. 18.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  23. 23.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  27. 27.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  32. 32.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  37. 37.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET

Answer key

  1. DOWT
  2. 2
  3. VEJ-tuh-bul
  4. b
  5. RES-uh-pee
  6. l
  7. s
  8. DET
  9. i-PIT-uh-mee
  10. PUR-pus
  11. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  12. SKOOL
  13. BIS-kit
  14. SKOOL
  15. u
  16. 4
  17. SUR-kit
  18. PUR-pus
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  22. KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. i-PIT-uh-mee
  24. 1
  25. WENZ-day
  26. SAM-un
  27. SEZ
  28. 2
  29. KYOO
  30. 1
  31. VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. PEET-suh
  33. b
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. SAM-un
  37. DOWT
  38. FILM
  39. ri-SEET
  40. SWEET

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