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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 79 · 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 “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  5. 5.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  11. 11.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  19. 19.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  20. 20.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  22. 22.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  23. 23.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  24. 24.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  25. 25.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  26. 26.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  29. 29.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  32. 32.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  36. 36.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. EYE-lund
  5. EYE-lund
  6. 3
  7. di-TUR-min
  8. p
  9. 1
  10. ri-SEET
  11. PUR-pus
  12. 1
  13. RES-uh-pee
  14. WENZ-day
  15. WENZ-day
  16. b
  17. 4
  18. SEZ
  19. FILM
  20. WIM-in
  21. SED
  22. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  23. KUMF-tuh-bul
  24. DET
  25. i-PIT-uh-mee
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. 2
  28. DOWT
  29. VEJ-tuh-bul
  30. 2
  31. SKOOL
  32. i-PIT-uh-mee
  33. 1
  34. u
  35. KEM-is-tree
  36. RES-uh-pee
  37. 2
  38. l
  39. 2
  40. 2

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