Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 133 · 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 “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
6. 6.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
11. 11.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
12. 12.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
13. 13.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
14. 14.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
15. 15.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
16. 16.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
20. 20.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
24. 24.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
27. 27.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
32. 32.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
34. 34.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
35. 35.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

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