Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 223 · 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 “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
5. 5.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
9. 9.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
16. 16.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
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
18. 18.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
23. 23.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
26. 26.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
27. 27.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
28. 28.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
29. 29.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
30. 30.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
31. 31.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
32. 32.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
39. 39.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

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