Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 336 · 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 “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
3. 3.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
6. 6.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
10. 10.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
11. 11.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
12. 12.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
21. 21.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
24. 24.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
40. 40.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree

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