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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 811 · 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 “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  4. 4.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  5. 5.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  8. 8.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  9. 9.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  10. 10.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  11. 11.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  12. 12.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  15. 15.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  16. 16.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  20. 20.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
  23. 23.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  30. 30.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  31. 31.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
  34. 34.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
  35. 35.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  36. 36.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot

Answer key

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

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