Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 460 · 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 “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
5. 5.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
7. 7.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
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
10. 10.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
11. 11.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
12. 12.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
16. 16.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
22. 22.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
25. 25.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
26. 26.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
28. 28.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
29. 29.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
30. 30.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
31. 31.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
37. 37.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
38. 38.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE

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