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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 81 · 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 “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  2. 2.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  8. 8.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  9. 9.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  10. 10.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  11. 11.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  12. 12.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  15. 15.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  19. 19.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  24. 24.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
  25. 25.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  30. 30.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  40. 40.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um

Answer key

  1. u
  2. DOWT
  3. 2
  4. SED
  5. u
  6. 2
  7. WENZ-day
  8. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  9. SUT-ul
  10. PUR-pus
  11. KEM-is-tree
  12. PEET-suh
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. ri-SEET
  16. 2
  17. STAY-shun
  18. SWEET
  19. SEZ
  20. 2
  21. EYE-lund
  22. 3
  23. hoh-TEL
  24. SED
  25. VEJ-tuh-bul
  26. l
  27. 2
  28. KUMF-tuh-bul
  29. s
  30. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  31. 1
  32. 2
  33. SKOOL
  34. WIM-in
  35. 4
  36. SAM-un
  37. 3
  38. 1
  39. EYE-lund
  40. FILM

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