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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 773 · 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) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  3. 3.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  4. 4.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  6. 6.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  10. 10.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  11. 11.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
  14. 14.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  16. 16.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  17. 17.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  20. 20.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  22. 22.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  27. 27.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  28. 28.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  31. 31.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  35. 35.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  36. 36.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  39. 39.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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