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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 799 · 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 “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  2. 2.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  4. 4.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  8. 8.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  11. 11.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  14. 14.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
  15. 15.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  16. 16.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  20. 20.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  21. 21.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  22. 22.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  23. 23.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  24. 24.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  29. 29.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  34. 34.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
  35. 35.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. 36.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  37. 37.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  38. 38.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot

Answer key

  1. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  2. PUR-pus
  3. b
  4. RES-uh-pee
  5. 2
  6. l
  7. b
  8. di-TUR-min
  9. 1
  10. KYOO
  11. VEJ-tuh-bul
  12. p
  13. u
  14. SAM-un
  15. SEZ
  16. KAY-oss
  17. 3
  18. FILM
  19. sounds like “I’ll”
  20. sounds like “I’ll”
  21. WENZ-day
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. DOWT
  24. KUMF-tuh-bul
  25. 2
  26. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  27. 2
  28. EYE-lund
  29. di-TUR-min
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. u
  32. 2
  33. KYOO
  34. ri-SEET
  35. KUMF-tuh-bul
  36. PEET-suh
  37. SWEET
  38. WENZ-day
  39. 3
  40. SUR-kit

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