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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 776 · 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 “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  3. 3.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
  11. 11.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  12. 12.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  13. 13.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  14. 14.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  17. 17.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  19. 19.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  20. 20.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  21. 21.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  22. 22.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  29. 29.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
  30. 30.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  39. 39.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  40. 40.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo

Answer key

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

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