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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 775 · 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) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  4. 4.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  6. 6.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  9. 9.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  10. 10.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. 11.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  22. 22.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  26. 26.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  27. 27.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  29. 29.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  30. 30.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  33. 33.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  34. 34.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  37. 37.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  38. 38.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it

Answer key

  1. DOWT
  2. s
  3. BIS-kit
  4. KUMF-tuh-bul
  5. b
  6. WIM-in
  7. 2
  8. di-VEL-up
  9. hoh-TEL
  10. KUMF-tuh-bul
  11. ri-SEET
  12. u
  13. 2
  14. l
  15. WENZ-day
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. u
  19. b
  20. b
  21. p
  22. WENZ-day
  23. 2
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. RES-uh-pee
  26. PEET-suh
  27. EYE-lund
  28. SAM-un
  29. EYE-lund
  30. SUR-kit
  31. 2
  32. SWEET
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. SED
  35. 3
  36. hoh-TEL
  37. DET
  38. ri-SEET
  39. 3
  40. SWEET

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