Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 440 · 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 “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
4. 4.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
5. 5.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
11. 11.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
12. 12.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
14. 14.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
18. 18.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
24. 24.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
31. 31.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
33. 33.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
35. 35.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
36. 36.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

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