Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 169 · 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 “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
3. 3.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
6. 6.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
12. 12.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
15. 15.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
27. 27.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
29. 29.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
30. 30.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
31. 31.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
34. 34.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
38. 38.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
40. 40.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss

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