Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 182 · 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) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
5. 5.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
7. 7.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
8. 8.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
13. 13.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
14. 14.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
16. 16.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
17. 17.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
19. 19.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
23. 23.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
24. 24.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
26. 26.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
29. 29.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
35. 35.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
36. 36.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
39. 39.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET

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