Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 246 · 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 “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
3. 3.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
4. 4.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
5. 5.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
9. 9.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.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
19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
24. 24.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
26. 26.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
27. 27.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
30. 30.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
31. 31.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
34. 34.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
35. 35.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
36. 36.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
37. 37.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
40. 40.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit

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