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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 761 · 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 “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  8. 8.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  9. 9.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  10. 10.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  11. 11.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  13. 13.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  14. 14.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  17. 17.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  18. 18.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  20. 20.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  21. 21.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  23. 23.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  26. 26.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  29. 29.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  30. 30.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  35. 35.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  39. 39.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  40. 40.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men

Answer key

  1. KYOO
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. l
  7. u
  8. di-TUR-min
  9. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  10. RES-uh-pee
  11. DET
  12. p
  13. hoh-TEL
  14. DOWT
  15. WENZ-day
  16. STAY-shun
  17. di-VEL-up
  18. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  19. FILM
  20. PUR-pus
  21. KUMF-tuh-bul
  22. PEET-suh
  23. di-TUR-min
  24. u
  25. s
  26. BIS-kit
  27. 1
  28. b
  29. KUMF-tuh-bul
  30. FILM
  31. RES-uh-pee
  32. PUR-pus
  33. b
  34. b
  35. SED
  36. 5
  37. 2
  38. SWEET
  39. SWEET
  40. WIM-in

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