Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 315 · 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 “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
6. 6.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
10. 10.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
14. 14.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
19. 19.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
20. 20.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
21. 21.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
26. 26.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
27. 27.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
28. 28.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
29. 29.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
32. 32.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
35. 35.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
37. 37.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
38. 38.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
39. 39.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
40. 40.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree

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