Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 445 · 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 “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
10. 10.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
11. 11.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
13. 13.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
15. 15.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
19. 19.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
20. 20.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
23. 23.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
24. 24.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
27. 27.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
28. 28.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
29. 29.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
30. 30.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
31. 31.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
34. 34.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT

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