Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 136 · 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) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
3. 3.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
6. 6.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
13. 13.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
15. 15.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
20. 20.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
21. 21.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
24. 24.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
25. 25.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
32. 32.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
33. 33.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
34. 34.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
40. 40.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee

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