Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 319 · 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 “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
5. 5.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
8. 8.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
10. 10.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
11. 11.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
12. 12.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
14. 14.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
17. 17.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
23. 23.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
24. 24.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
35. 35.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe

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