Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 474 · 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.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
6. 6.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
8. 8.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
9. 9.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
11. 11.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
12. 12.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
13. 13.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
18. 18.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
20. 20.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
24. 24.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
28. 28.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
29. 29.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
33. 33.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
34. 34.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM

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