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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 810 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  3. 3.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  4. 4.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  17. 17.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  19. 19.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  20. 20.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
  21. 21.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
  22. 22.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
  23. 23.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
  24. 24.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  25. 25.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  26. 26.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  27. 27.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
  30. 30.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  31. 31.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  32. 32.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  33. 33.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  35. 35.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  36. 36.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  40. 40.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. i-PIT-uh-mee
  3. SWEET
  4. hoh-TEL
  5. b
  6. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  7. l
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. ri-SEET
  12. BIS-kit
  13. 3
  14. DET
  15. 2
  16. b
  17. SED
  18. p
  19. PUR-pus
  20. KAY-oss
  21. hoh-TEL
  22. DOWT
  23. SUR-kit
  24. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  25. KEM-is-tree
  26. RES-uh-pee
  27. EYE-lund
  28. u
  29. DOWT
  30. KUMF-tuh-bul
  31. SEZ
  32. SAM-un
  33. MIS-chi-vus
  34. u
  35. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  36. DET
  37. 2
  38. RES-uh-pee
  39. b
  40. di-TUR-min

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