Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 112 · 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 “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
5. 5.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
7. 7.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
8. 8.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
15. 15.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
16. 16.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
23. 23.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
28. 28.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
29. 29.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
36. 36.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

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