Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 401 · 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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
12. 12.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
20. 20.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
22. 22.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
23. 23.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
24. 24.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
25. 25.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
26. 26.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
27. 27.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
28. 28.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
30. 30.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
34. 34.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
36. 36.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
37. 37.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
40. 40.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

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