Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 477 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
6. 6.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
11. 11.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
12. 12.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
13. 13.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
14. 14.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
15. 15.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
19. 19.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
20. 20.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
21. 21.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
25. 25.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
28. 28.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
32. 32.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
39. 39.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
40. 40.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL

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