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Commonly mispronounced words

How do you pronounce these words?
 Calendar  Excuse
 Complete  Extra
 Compare  Estate
 Committee  Especially
 Composition  Excite
 Colleague  Japanese
 Condemn  Second
 Compose  Pressure
 Vehicle  Ticket
 Position  Wednesday
 Potential  Red
 Sword  Liaise
Commonly Mispronounced Words
Word SG Pronunciation Correct
Pronunciation
Calendar kuh-len-duh kal-uhn-duh

Complete kom-pleet kuhm-pleet

Compare kom-pair kuhm-pair

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Word SG Correct
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Committee kom-mit-tee kuh-mit-ee

Composition kom-poh-zish- kom-puh-zish-

uhn uhn
Colleague kuh-leeg kol-eeg

Condemn kon-dem kuhn-dem

Compose kom-pohs kuhm-pohz

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Word SG Correct
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Excuse ek-skyoos ik-skyooz

Extra ek-stra ek-struh

Estate es-steyt i-steyt

Especially es-spesh-uh-lee i-spesh-uh-lee

Excite ek-sahyt ik-sahyt

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Word SG Correct
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Japanese juh-pan-ees jap-uh-neez

Second sec-kend sek-uhnd

Pressure prezh-uh presh-uh

Ticket ti-keyt tik-it

Wednesday wen-uhs-dey wenz-dey

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Word SG Correct
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Vehicle vee-hee-kuhl vee-i-kuhl

Position poh-zish-uhn puh-zish-uhn

Potential poh-ten-shuhl puh-ten-shuhl

Sword Swor-d sawrd

So are you good enough?

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Do you know how to pronounce these
words? (1 mark each)
 Salmon
 Vase
 Gourmet
 Rendezvous
 Grand Prix
 Opportunity
 Often
Do you know how to pronounce these
words? (2 marks each)
 Yacht
 Awry
 Gourmet
 Flour
 hors d'oeu⋅vre