Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 297 · 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 “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
2. 2.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
3. 3.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
4. 4.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
5. 5.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
8. 8.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
9. 9.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
10. 10.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
12. 12.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
13. 13.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
22. 22.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
23. 23.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
36. 36.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
39. 39.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p

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