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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 767 · 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 “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  5. 5.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  6. 6.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  13. 13.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  16. 16.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  17. 17.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  18. 18.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  23. 23.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  24. 24.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  26. 26.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  27. 27.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
  30. 30.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  31. 31.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. 32.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  36. 36.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  37. 37.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  38. 38.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  39. 39.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l

Answer key

  1. hoh-TEL
  2. 3
  3. b
  4. b
  5. SAM-un
  6. SED
  7. 5
  8. WIM-in
  9. 2
  10. BIS-kit
  11. 1
  12. BIS-kit
  13. KYOO
  14. 1
  15. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  16. hoh-TEL
  17. ri-SEET
  18. FILM
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. 3
  21. di-VEL-up
  22. SUT-ul
  23. PUR-pus
  24. FILM
  25. u
  26. EYE-lund
  27. DOWT
  28. 2
  29. WIM-in
  30. SEZ
  31. VEJ-tuh-bul
  32. SUT-ul
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. SED
  36. KEM-is-tree
  37. SAM-un
  38. KUMF-tuh-bul
  39. WENZ-day
  40. l

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