Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 355 · 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 “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
2. 2.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
6. 6.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
7. 7.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
11. 11.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
17. 17.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
29. 29.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
33. 33.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
35. 35.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
39. 39.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d

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