Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 229 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
3. 3.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
4. 4.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
5. 5.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
8. 8.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
10. 10.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
11. 11.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
14. 14.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
21. 21.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
26. 26.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
32. 32.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
38. 38.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
39. 39.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

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