Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 316 · 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 “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
4. 4.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
5. 5.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
7. 7.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
10. 10.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
11. 11.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
15. 15.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
22. 22.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
25. 25.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
31. 31.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
32. 32.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
33. 33.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
34. 34.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
35. 35.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
36. 36.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
37. 37.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
38. 38.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

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