Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 342 · 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 “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
4. 4.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
5. 5.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
10. 10.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
18. 18.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
21. 21.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
22. 22.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.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
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
31. 31.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
32. 32.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
33. 33.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
34. 34.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
37. 37.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO

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