Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 164 · 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 “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
6. 6.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
7. 7.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
8. 8.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
9. 9.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
15. 15.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
20. 20.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
22. 22.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
24. 24.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
35. 35.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
36. 36.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
39. 39.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
40. 40.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine

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