Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 505 · 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 do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
3. 3.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
6. 6.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
12. 12.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
17. 17.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
19. 19.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
21. 21.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
25. 25.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
37. 37.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
38. 38.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun

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