Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 165 · 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 “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
7. 7.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
8. 8.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
9. 9.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
10. 10.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
19. 19.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
20. 20.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
24. 24.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
25. 25.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
29. 29.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
34. 34.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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