Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 446 · 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 “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
3. 3.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
5. 5.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
6. 6.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
7. 7.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
8. 8.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
11. 11.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
12. 12.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
13. 13.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
18. 18.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
19. 19.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
23. 23.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
24. 24.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
25. 25.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
32. 32.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
36. 36.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
39. 39.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2

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