Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 35 · 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 “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
6. 6.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
14. 14.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
15. 15.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
21. 21.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
22. 22.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
25. 25.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
26. 26.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
29. 29.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
30. 30.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
34. 34.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
35. 35.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
39. 39.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
40. 40.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe

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