Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 143 · 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 “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
4. 4.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
10. 10.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
28. 28.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
29. 29.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
31. 31.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
32. 32.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
33. 33.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
36. 36.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
37. 37.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un

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