Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 100 · 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.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
4. 4.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
8. 8.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
9. 9.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
26. 26.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
27. 27.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
28. 28.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
35. 35.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
36. 36.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel

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