Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 33 · 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 “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
7. 7.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
12. 12.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
13. 13.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
16. 16.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
17. 17.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
19. 19.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
20. 20.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
23. 23.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
28. 28.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
30. 30.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
31. 31.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
33. 33.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
36. 36.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
37. 37.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

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