Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 393 · 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 “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
2. 2.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
8. 8.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
9. 9.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
10. 10.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
14. 14.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
17. 17.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
18. 18.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
30. 30.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
33. 33.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT

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