Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 352 · 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 “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
7. 7.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
12. 12.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
14. 14.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
20. 20.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
21. 21.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
22. 22.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
23. 23.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
24. 24.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
25. 25.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
28. 28.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
29. 29.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
31. 31.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
34. 34.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
37. 37.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
38. 38.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
39. 39.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
40. 40.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu

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