Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 201 · 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 “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
3. 3.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
4. 4.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
5. 5.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
6. 6.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
11. 11.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
13. 13.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
18. 18.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
19. 19.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
22. 22.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
25. 25.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
26. 26.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
38. 38.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
39. 39.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3

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