Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 2 · 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 “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
3. 3.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
4. 4.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
8. 8.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
15. 15.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
16. 16.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
18. 18.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
23. 23.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
29. 29.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
32. 32.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
33. 33.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
34. 34.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
35. 35.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
36. 36.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
37. 37.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
40. 40.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE

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