Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 496 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
3. 3.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
8. 8.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
10. 10.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
11. 11.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
13. 13.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
18. 18.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
19. 19.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
20. 20.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
21. 21.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
25. 25.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
26. 26.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
27. 27.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
28. 28.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
30. 30.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.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

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