Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 252 · 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 “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
2. 2.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
3. 3.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
6. 6.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
7. 7.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
9. 9.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
10. 10.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
11. 11.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
18. 18.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
24. 24.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
28. 28.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
29. 29.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
32. 32.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
33. 33.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
34. 34.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
37. 37.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
38. 38.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c

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