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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 785 · 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 “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  5. 5.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  9. 9.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. 10.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
  13. 13.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  14. 14.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  18. 18.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  20. 20.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  25. 25.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  28. 28.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  31. 31.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  32. 32.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  33. 33.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  34. 34.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  35. 35.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  36. 36.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. DET
  2. 2
  3. SUR-kit
  4. u
  5. SWEET
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. b
  9. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. SAM-un
  11. l
  12. u
  13. RES-uh-pee
  14. WENZ-day
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. VEJ-tuh-bul
  18. SUR-kit
  19. s
  20. EYE-lund
  21. BIS-kit
  22. ri-SEET
  23. 2
  24. SUT-ul
  25. DOWT
  26. KUMF-tuh-bul
  27. SUT-ul
  28. SED
  29. KYOO
  30. PEET-suh
  31. SEZ
  32. VEJ-tuh-bul
  33. KEM-is-tree
  34. KYOO
  35. WENZ-day
  36. STAY-shun
  37. ri-SEET
  38. 1
  39. KAY-oss
  40. 2

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