Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 163 · 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 do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
2. 2.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
3. 3.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
4. 4.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
6. 6.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
8. 8.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
9. 9.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
10. 10.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
11. 11.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
12. 12.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
20. 20.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
21. 21.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
22. 22.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
27. 27.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
28. 28.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
29. 29.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
34. 34.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
38. 38.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
40. 40.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund

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