Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 488 · 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.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
4. 4.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
10. 10.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
19. 19.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
22. 22.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
24. 24.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
27. 27.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
28. 28.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
31. 31.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
32. 32.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
33. 33.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
34. 34.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
38. 38.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

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