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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 774 · 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.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  14. 14.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  15. 15.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  16. 16.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  17. 17.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  18. 18.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  19. 19.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  20. 20.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  21. 21.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  22. 22.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
  25. 25.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  26. 26.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  27. 27.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  29. 29.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  30. 30.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  31. 31.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  32. 32.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  33. 33.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  34. 34.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  36. 36.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. 37.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  39. 39.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. sounds like “I’ll”
  3. 1
  4. 4
  5. b
  6. 3
  7. 3
  8. b
  9. 1
  10. EYE-lund
  11. l
  12. 2
  13. SKOOL
  14. DOWT
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. SAM-un
  17. RES-uh-pee
  18. DET
  19. SEZ
  20. KAY-oss
  21. SUT-ul
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. 3
  24. u
  25. RES-uh-pee
  26. STAY-shun
  27. sounds like “I’ll”
  28. SUT-ul
  29. BIS-kit
  30. DOWT
  31. i-PIT-uh-mee
  32. SKOOL
  33. VEJ-tuh-bul
  34. PUR-pus
  35. s
  36. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  37. SED
  38. FILM
  39. SEZ
  40. 2

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