Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 321 · 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 “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
12. 12.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
15. 15.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
16. 16.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
17. 17.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
18. 18.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
22. 22.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
26. 26.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
27. 27.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
30. 30.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
34. 34.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
35. 35.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
36. 36.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
37. 37.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup

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