Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 173 · 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 “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
2. 2.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
3. 3.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
4. 4.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
7. 7.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
8. 8.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
11. 11.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
12. 12.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
13. 13.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
15. 15.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
18. 18.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
23. 23.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
24. 24.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
29. 29.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
34. 34.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
38. 38.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
39. 39.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2

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