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Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 97 · 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 “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. 2.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
  7. 7.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
  12. 12.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
  13. 13.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
  14. 14.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
  15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
  16. 16.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  17. 17.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  21. 21.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
  23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
  26. 26.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
  28. 28.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  31. 31.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  33. 33.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  36. 36.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
  40. 40.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu

Answer key

  1. KUMF-tuh-bul
  2. DET
  3. 1
  4. MIS-chi-vus
  5. u
  6. p
  7. VEJ-tuh-bul
  8. 3
  9. ri-SEET
  10. 2
  11. PEET-suh
  12. DOWT
  13. DET
  14. i-PIT-uh-mee
  15. FILM
  16. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  17. KEM-is-tree
  18. 2
  19. KYOO
  20. b
  21. KAY-oss
  22. s
  23. KYOO
  24. 2
  25. SED
  26. SWEET
  27. l
  28. DOWT
  29. 2
  30. KUMF-tuh-bul
  31. KAY-oss
  32. SUT-ul
  33. di-VEL-up
  34. 4
  35. hoh-TEL
  36. KEM-is-tree
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. di-TUR-min
  40. SKOOL

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