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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

According to Wikipedia, this word is the longest word in the English dictionary. Does your child know how to pronounce it if it is in the reading passage?

Do not worry. The possibility of having this word in her passage is very slim. However, there will always be the possibility of having words in the passage that are difficult to pronounce. 

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If she does encounters such words, get her to learn to break the word into small word syllabus and attempt to read it out without pausing to think about it. 

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Do not skip the word. The examiners will be paying attention to these words. After all, these words are there to differentiate the A* and A students.

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Why don’t you test your child on these commonly mispronounced words?

• Pressure vs Pleasure
• Patrol vs Petrol
• Tuition
• Schedule
• Reservoir
• Salmon
• Almond
• Medicine
• Wednesday
• Their
• Envelope
• Vegetables
• Organism
• Guidance
• Photograph vs Photography
• Present vs Presentation
• Economy vs Economic
• Pronounce vs Pronunciation