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Exercise 7

Below are 15 words that are usually mispronounced by students. Refer to the
online dictionary and write the correct phonetic transcriptions. Then practise
saying the words correctly with your partner.

E.g. graduate /ˈɡrædʒuət/


1. aren’t /a:nt/
2. audio /ɔɪdɪʊ/
3. comfortable /kʌmfətəbl/
4. colleague /kaɪli:g/
5. collect /kəlekt/
6. college /kɒlɪdʒ/
7. headache /hdeɪk/
8. individual /ɪndɪvɪdʒʊ(ə)l/
9. men /man/
10. mosque /mɒsk/
11. pressure /ˈprʃʒə/
12. schedule /skedju:l/
13. though /ðəʊ/
14. university /u:nɪvəsɪtɪ/
15. women /wɪmɪn/

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