Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 466 · 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 “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
3. 3.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
5. 5.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
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 “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
8. 8.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
9. 9.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
11. 11.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
12. 12.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
22. 22.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
23. 23.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
27. 27.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
28. 28.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
29. 29.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
31. 31.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
34. 34.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
35. 35.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men

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