Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 222 · 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.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
2. 2.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
7. 7.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
9. 9.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
10. 10.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
18. 18.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
22. 22.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
23. 23.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
24. 24.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
25. 25.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
28. 28.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
32. 32.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
37. 37.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
38. 38.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
40. 40.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul

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