Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 210 · 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 “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
2. 2.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
6. 6.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
14. 14.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
17. 17.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
19. 19.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
21. 21.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
22. 22.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
23. 23.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
24. 24.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
25. 25.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
30. 30.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
36. 36.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul

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