Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 135 · 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) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
7. 7.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
13. 13.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
16. 16.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
17. 17.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
18. 18.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
19. 19.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
23. 23.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
26. 26.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
28. 28.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
29. 29.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
31. 31.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
32. 32.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
35. 35.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
38. 38.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
39. 39.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5

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