Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 452 · 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) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
9. 9.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
10. 10.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
16. 16.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
17. 17.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
22. 22.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
34. 34.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
36. 36.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
37. 37.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
39. 39.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ

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