Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 454 · 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 “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
4. 4.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
10. 10.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
12. 12.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
17. 17.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
20. 20.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
21. 21.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
22. 22.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
25. 25.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
30. 30.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
40. 40.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree

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