Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 300 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
5. 5.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
6. 6.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
7. 7.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
11. 11.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
12. 12.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
13. 13.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
14. 14.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
20. 20.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
21. 21.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
22. 22.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
24. 24.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
25. 25.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
26. 26.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
31. 31.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
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3

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