Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 254 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
10. 10.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
13. 13.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
14. 14.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
18. 18.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
19. 19.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
22. 22.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
24. 24.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
25. 25.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
29. 29.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.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
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
33. 33.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
36. 36.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
37. 37.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
38. 38.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

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