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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 91 · 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.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
  4. 4.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
  9. 9.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  10. 10.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  17. 17.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
  19. 19.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
  20. 20.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
  21. 21.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
  22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
  24. 24.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
  25. 25.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
  26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
  28. 28.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  29. 29.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
  30. 30.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  32. 32.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
  35. 35.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
  39. 39.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
  40. 40.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day

Answer key

  1. SUR-kit
  2. 3
  3. WENZ-day
  4. DET
  5. 1
  6. SED
  7. 5
  8. WIM-in
  9. di-TUR-min
  10. EYE-lund
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. VEJ-tuh-bul
  15. l
  16. b
  17. KYOO
  18. u
  19. SWEET
  20. KEM-is-tree
  21. MIS-chi-vus
  22. RES-uh-pee
  23. p
  24. KYOO
  25. SAM-un
  26. SUR-kit
  27. b
  28. BIS-kit
  29. hoh-TEL
  30. SUT-ul
  31. b
  32. BIS-kit
  33. 1
  34. WIM-in
  35. DOWT
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. di-TUR-min
  39. KUMF-tuh-bul
  40. WENZ-day

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