Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 125 · 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 “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
4. 4.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
5. 5.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
8. 8.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
11. 11.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
14. 14.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
15. 15.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
22. 22.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
27. 27.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
32. 32.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
36. 36.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL

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