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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 77 · 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.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  2. 2.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  5. 5.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  7. 7.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  11. 11.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  12. 12.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  20. 20.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  21. 21.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
  22. 22.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  25. 25.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  29. 29.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  30. 30.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  31. 31.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
  36. 36.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  39. 39.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  40. 40.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

  1. b
  2. BIS-kit
  3. 2
  4. SAM-un
  5. RES-uh-pee
  6. b
  7. SWEET
  8. DET
  9. 2
  10. BIS-kit
  11. KEM-is-tree
  12. MIS-chi-vus
  13. 2
  14. SKOOL
  15. 1
  16. 5
  17. u
  18. l
  19. u
  20. SUR-kit
  21. PEET-suh
  22. EYE-lund
  23. 1
  24. p
  25. SUT-ul
  26. 2
  27. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  28. hoh-TEL
  29. VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. SEZ
  31. KAY-oss
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. di-VEL-up
  35. SEZ
  36. WENZ-day
  37. 2
  38. ri-SEET
  39. KYOO
  40. sounds like “I’ll”

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