Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 270 · 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 “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
3. 3.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
8. 8.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
9. 9.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
12. 12.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
13. 13.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
15. 15.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
17. 17.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
18. 18.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
22. 22.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
23. 23.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
28. 28.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
31. 31.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
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
34. 34.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
35. 35.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

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