Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 476 · 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 “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
2. 2.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
12. 12.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
13. 13.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
15. 15.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
18. 18.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
20. 20.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
24. 24.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
29. 29.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
34. 34.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
35. 35.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
36. 36.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.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
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day

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