Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 126 · 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 “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
3. 3.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
4. 4.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
6. 6.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
11. 11.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
18. 18.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
22. 22.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
25. 25.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
26. 26.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
27. 27.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
28. 28.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
29. 29.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
36. 36.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
38. 38.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo

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