Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 322 · 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 “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
7. 7.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
8. 8.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
10. 10.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
11. 11.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
13. 13.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
16. 16.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
17. 17.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
26. 26.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
30. 30.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.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
33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
40. 40.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss

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