Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 41 · 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 “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
7. 7.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
9. 9.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
11. 11.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
12. 12.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
17. 17.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
18. 18.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
19. 19.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
25. 25.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
26. 26.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
27. 27.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
28. 28.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
29. 29.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
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
31. 31.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
39. 39.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
40. 40.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh

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