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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 797 · 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 “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
  13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
  15. 15.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
  17. 17.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  18. 18.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  26. 26.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  27. 27.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  32. 32.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  40. 40.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT

Answer key

  1. SED
  2. b
  3. WENZ-day
  4. s
  5. 3
  6. BIS-kit
  7. l
  8. 1
  9. hoh-TEL
  10. u
  11. 2
  12. SKOOL
  13. sounds like “I’ll”
  14. b
  15. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  16. di-TUR-min
  17. PUR-pus
  18. SAM-un
  19. 2
  20. p
  21. 1
  22. 1
  23. b
  24. KEM-is-tree
  25. DET
  26. WENZ-day
  27. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  28. 2
  29. SED
  30. 5
  31. di-VEL-up
  32. FILM
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  38. 4
  39. u
  40. SUR-kit

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