Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 102 · 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.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
2. 2.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
10. 10.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
15. 15.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
20. 20.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
21. 21.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
23. 23.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
24. 24.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
25. 25.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
28. 28.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
29. 29.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
30. 30.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
31. 31.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
33. 33.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
34. 34.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
37. 37.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
38. 38.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
39. 39.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

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