Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 397 · 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.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
3. 3.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
9. 9.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
15. 15.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
16. 16.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
17. 17.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
19. 19.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
20. 20.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
24. 24.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
25. 25.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
26. 26.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
33. 33.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
37. 37.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
38. 38.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut

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