Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 268 · 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 “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
3. 3.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
5. 5.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
7. 7.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
17. 17.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
20. 20.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
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
24. 24.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
25. 25.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
30. 30.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
31. 31.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
40. 40.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL

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