Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 211 · 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 “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
2. 2.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
5. 5.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
7. 7.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
11. 11.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
14. 14.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
21. 21.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
22. 22.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
23. 23.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
25. 25.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
26. 26.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
28. 28.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
29. 29.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
32. 32.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
35. 35.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
36. 36.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
37. 37.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
38. 38.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE

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