Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 456 · 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) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
4. 4.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
5. 5.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
11. 11.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
12. 12.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
26. 26.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
29. 29.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
30. 30.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
40. 40.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot

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