Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 443 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
5. 5.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
7. 7.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
8. 8.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
13. 13.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
14. 14.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
15. 15.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
16. 16.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
17. 17.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
19. 19.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
22. 22.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
27. 27.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
32. 32.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land

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