Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 280 · 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 do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
4. 4.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
7. 7.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
12. 12.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
14. 14.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
17. 17.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
23. 23.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
24. 24.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
25. 25.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
27. 27.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
28. 28.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.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
33. 33.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
34. 34.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
37. 37.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
38. 38.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET

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