Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 340 · 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 “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
2. 2.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
14. 14.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
15. 15.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
20. 20.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
21. 21.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
22. 22.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
23. 23.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
26. 26.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
27. 27.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
34. 34.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
35. 35.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c

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