Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 426 · 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 “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
6. 6.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
13. 13.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
19. 19.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
20. 20.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
21. 21.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
23. 23.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
24. 24.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
25. 25.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
26. 26.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
27. 27.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
28. 28.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
29. 29.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
32. 32.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
34. 34.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT

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