Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 473 · 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 “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
3. 3.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
4. 4.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
5. 5.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
6. 6.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
7. 7.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
17. 17.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
18. 18.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
20. 20.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
23. 23.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
25. 25.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
29. 29.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
33. 33.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
36. 36.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
37. 37.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
38. 38.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
39. 39.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul

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