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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 808 · 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 “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  3. 3.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  7. 7.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  8. 8.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
  9. 9.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  13. 13.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  14. 14.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  20. 20.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  21. 21.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
  22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. 23.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  29. 29.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
  30. 30.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  32. 32.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
  33. 33.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  34. 34.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  36. 36.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
  40. 40.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND

Answer key

  1. WENZ-day
  2. s
  3. KEM-is-tree
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. SAM-un
  7. VEJ-tuh-bul
  8. sounds like “I’ll”
  9. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  10. b
  11. 1
  12. sounds like “I’ll”
  13. SKOOL
  14. BIS-kit
  15. 2
  16. SKOOL
  17. u
  18. b
  19. u
  20. MIS-chi-vus
  21. PUR-pus
  22. KUMF-tuh-bul
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. p
  25. 3
  26. di-VEL-up
  27. 1
  28. l
  29. ri-SEET
  30. i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. b
  32. EYE-lund
  33. SED
  34. di-TUR-min
  35. ri-SEET
  36. WIM-in
  37. 4
  38. 4
  39. BIS-kit
  40. EYE-lund

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