Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 364 · 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 “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
8. 8.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
12. 12.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
17. 17.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
22. 22.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
23. 23.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
26. 26.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
27. 27.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
36. 36.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
38. 38.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
39. 39.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
40. 40.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul

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