Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 472 · 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 “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
5. 5.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
6. 6.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
7. 7.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
8. 8.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
11. 11.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
12. 12.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
15. 15.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
17. 17.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
18. 18.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
19. 19.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
31. 31.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
33. 33.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
38. 38.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
39. 39.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
40. 40.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT

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