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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 807 · 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 “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  3. 3.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. 10.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  12. 12.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
  14. 14.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  18. 18.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  21. 21.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
  28. 28.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  31. 31.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  32. 32.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  35. 35.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  36. 36.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
  37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  38. 38.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
  39. 39.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. DOWT
  2. FILM
  3. KEM-is-tree
  4. b
  5. 2
  6. l
  7. b
  8. 1
  9. VEJ-tuh-bul
  10. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  11. u
  12. SKOOL
  13. s
  14. di-VEL-up
  15. KUMF-tuh-bul
  16. 2
  17. BIS-kit
  18. PUR-pus
  19. 3
  20. WENZ-day
  21. STAY-shun
  22. 2
  23. MIS-chi-vus
  24. SUR-kit
  25. PUR-pus
  26. 1
  27. u
  28. SKOOL
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. SAM-un
  32. EYE-lund
  33. 4
  34. SWEET
  35. DET
  36. hoh-TEL
  37. KAY-oss
  38. SAM-un
  39. SEZ
  40. 1

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