Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 475 · 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 “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
5. 5.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
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.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
8. 8.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
28. 28.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
29. 29.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
33. 33.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
35. 35.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
36. 36.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
37. 37.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
38. 38.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut

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