Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 463 · 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 “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
6. 6.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
7. 7.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
9. 9.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
10. 10.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
11. 11.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
12. 12.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
13. 13.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
14. 14.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
21. 21.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
24. 24.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
25. 25.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
26. 26.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
33. 33.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
35. 35.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

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