Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 507 · 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 “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
8. 8.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
9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
10. 10.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
14. 14.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
15. 15.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
16. 16.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
19. 19.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
24. 24.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
33. 33.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
34. 34.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
35. 35.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
36. 36.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
37. 37.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

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