Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 157 · 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.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
2. 2.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
6. 6.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
11. 11.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
12. 12.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
13. 13.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
14. 14.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
15. 15.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
17. 17.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
22. 22.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
27. 27.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
33. 33.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
38. 38.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men

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