Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 492 · 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 “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
6. 6.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
9. 9.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
13. 13.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
14. 14.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
21. 21.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
22. 22.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
25. 25.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
26. 26.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
27. 27.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP

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