Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 47 · 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 do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
2. 2.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
8. 8.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
12. 12.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
14. 14.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
16. 16.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
17. 17.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
22. 22.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
23. 23.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
29. 29.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
34. 34.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
35. 35.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
36. 36.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
38. 38.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo

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