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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 814 · 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 do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
  2. 2.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
  3. 3.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  5. 5.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  12. 12.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  16. 16.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
  17. 17.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
  20. 20.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
  21. 21.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  24. 24.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  25. 25.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  32. 32.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  33. 33.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
  35. 35.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  36. 36.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  40. 40.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree

Answer key

  1. EYE-lund
  2. hoh-TEL
  3. EYE-lund
  4. u
  5. KUMF-tuh-bul
  6. 1
  7. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  8. u
  9. 1
  10. SUT-ul
  11. l
  12. FILM
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. b
  16. SAM-un
  17. hoh-TEL
  18. 2
  19. BIS-kit
  20. SEZ
  21. KAY-oss
  22. 2
  23. PUR-pus
  24. KUMF-tuh-bul
  25. RES-uh-pee
  26. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  27. BIS-kit
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. sounds like “I’ll”
  31. b
  32. RES-uh-pee
  33. DOWT
  34. s
  35. SWEET
  36. VEJ-tuh-bul
  37. 2
  38. WENZ-day
  39. 1
  40. KEM-is-tree

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