Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 213 · 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) DEB-ut (c) DET
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
4. 4.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
5. 5.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
7. 7.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
8. 8.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
11. 11.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
18. 18.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
20. 20.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
23. 23.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
24. 24.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
28. 28.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
29. 29.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
32. 32.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
38. 38.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

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