Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 123 · 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 do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
2. 2.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
3. 3.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
4. 4.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
10. 10.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
11. 11.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
12. 12.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
14. 14.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
20. 20.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
26. 26.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
30. 30.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
31. 31.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
32. 32.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
33. 33.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
36. 36.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
37. 37.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

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