Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 256 · 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.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
5. 5.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
6. 6.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
12. 12.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
16. 16.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
17. 17.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
21. 21.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
27. 27.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
28. 28.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
29. 29.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
30. 30.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
35. 35.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
36. 36.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun

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