Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 208 · 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 “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
6. 6.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
13. 13.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
17. 17.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
18. 18.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
19. 19.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
21. 21.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
31. 31.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
32. 32.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
33. 33.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
34. 34.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
36. 36.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
39. 39.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
40. 40.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED

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