Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 410 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
3. 3.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
8. 8.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
10. 10.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
20. 20.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
22. 22.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
23. 23.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
29. 29.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
30. 30.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
31. 31.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
36. 36.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT

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