Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 238 · 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 “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
5. 5.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
16. 16.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
17. 17.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
18. 18.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
19. 19.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
25. 25.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
26. 26.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
33. 33.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
36. 36.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
37. 37.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
38. 38.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
40. 40.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN

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