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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 784 · 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 do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  5. 5.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  8. 8.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
  11. 11.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  12. 12.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  15. 15.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  19. 19.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  20. 20.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  31. 31.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  32. 32.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  40. 40.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus

Answer key

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

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