Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 219 · 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 “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
2. 2.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
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
7. 7.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
8. 8.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
9. 9.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
10. 10.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
17. 17.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
21. 21.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
23. 23.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
24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
25. 25.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
27. 27.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
30. 30.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
32. 32.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

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