Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 4 · 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 “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
4. 4.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
5. 5.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
10. 10.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
12. 12.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
13. 13.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
16. 16.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
18. 18.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
21. 21.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
22. 22.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
23. 23.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
24. 24.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
28. 28.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
29. 29.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

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