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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 9 · 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 “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
  2. 2.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
  3. 3.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  4. 4.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  5. 5.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  6. 6.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
  8. 8.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
  15. 15.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  16. 16.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  17. 17.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
  18. 18.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  19. 19.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  20. 20.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  29. 29.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
  33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
  34. 34.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  40. 40.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus

Answer key

  1. s
  2. PUR-pus
  3. DET
  4. KEM-is-tree
  5. PEET-suh
  6. WENZ-day
  7. sounds like “I’ll”
  8. DOWT
  9. p
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. SWEET
  13. 2
  14. STAY-shun
  15. MIS-chi-vus
  16. DOWT
  17. RES-uh-pee
  18. SAM-un
  19. KUMF-tuh-bul
  20. SKOOL
  21. 1
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. KYOO
  24. 4
  25. KYOO
  26. 2
  27. SUT-ul
  28. l
  29. EYE-lund
  30. 2
  31. 2
  32. SWEET
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. WENZ-day
  35. SKOOL
  36. 2
  37. 5
  38. FILM
  39. b
  40. MIS-chi-vus

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