Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 491 · 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 “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
2. 2.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
8. 8.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
13. 13.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
14. 14.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
16. 16.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
17. 17.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
20. 20.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
23. 23.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
25. 25.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
26. 26.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
29. 29.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
33. 33.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
36. 36.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
37. 37.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
40. 40.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM

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