Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 144 · 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 “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
4. 4.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
5. 5.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
6. 6.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
10. 10.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
11. 11.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
12. 12.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
13. 13.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
14. 14.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
15. 15.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
16. 16.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
19. 19.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
26. 26.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
32. 32.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
40. 40.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss

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