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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 788 · 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.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
  2. 2.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  4. 4.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  5. 5.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  6. 6.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  10. 10.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  11. 11.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  12. 12.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  16. 16.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  17. 17.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  19. 19.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
  23. 23.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  26. 26.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  27. 27.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
  28. 28.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  33. 33.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  34. 34.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  35. 35.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  39. 39.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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