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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 86 · 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 “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
  2. 2.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  5. 5.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  6. 6.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
  10. 10.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
  13. 13.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  15. 15.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  18. 18.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  28. 28.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
  29. 29.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
  30. 30.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
  31. 31.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  32. 32.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  40. 40.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”

Answer key

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

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