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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 771 · 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 “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  2. 2.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  5. 5.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  6. 6.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  10. 10.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  11. 11.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  12. 12.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  13. 13.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  14. 14.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  15. 15.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  25. 25.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  28. 28.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  29. 29.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  33. 33.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
  34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  36. 36.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  37. 37.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL

Answer key

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

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