Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 149 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
3. 3.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
6. 6.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
7. 7.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
21. 21.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
25. 25.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
29. 29.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
30. 30.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
33. 33.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
34. 34.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
36. 36.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ

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