Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 234 · 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 “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
5. 5.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
6. 6.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
7. 7.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
8. 8.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
10. 10.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
11. 11.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
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 “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
21. 21.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
22. 22.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
30. 30.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit

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