Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 202 · 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 “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
3. 3.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
4. 4.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
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
10. 10.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
13. 13.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
21. 21.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
24. 24.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
25. 25.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
30. 30.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
38. 38.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee

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