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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 80 · 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 “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  2. 2.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  3. 3.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
  5. 5.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  6. 6.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  7. 7.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  8. 8.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  12. 12.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  17. 17.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  22. 22.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  23. 23.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  24. 24.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  26. 26.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  27. 27.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  35. 35.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
  36. 36.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  40. 40.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH

Answer key

  1. l
  2. BIS-kit
  3. EYE-lund
  4. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  5. sounds like “I’ll”
  6. EYE-lund
  7. SEZ
  8. SUR-kit
  9. b
  10. 1
  11. SAM-un
  12. di-VEL-up
  13. 2
  14. u
  15. b
  16. MIS-chi-vus
  17. i-PIT-uh-mee
  18. 3
  19. 1
  20. KEM-is-tree
  21. p
  22. SKOOL
  23. BIS-kit
  24. VEJ-tuh-bul
  25. 2
  26. ri-SEET
  27. SWEET
  28. 3
  29. KAY-oss
  30. 2
  31. RES-uh-pee
  32. b
  33. 3
  34. hoh-TEL
  35. SUT-ul
  36. SKOOL
  37. 4
  38. di-TUR-min
  39. u
  40. PEET-suh

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