Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 516 · 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 do you say “Wednesday”? (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.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
6. 6.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
7. 7.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
12. 12.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
19. 19.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
21. 21.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
29. 29.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
30. 30.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
31. 31.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
36. 36.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
37. 37.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
40. 40.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT

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