Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 1 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
2. 2.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
4. 4.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
7. 7.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
10. 10.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
14. 14.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
15. 15.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
16. 16.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
17. 17.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
27. 27.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
28. 28.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
30. 30.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
33. 33.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
34. 34.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
39. 39.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut

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