Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 455 · 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 “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
2. 2.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
7. 7.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
22. 22.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
26. 26.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
27. 27.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
28. 28.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
32. 32.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
33. 33.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
35. 35.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
37. 37.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM

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