Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 520 · 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) l (b) m (c) s
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
4. 4.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
7. 7.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
9. 9.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
13. 13.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
23. 23.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
24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
26. 26.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
32. 32.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
33. 33.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
34. 34.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
35. 35.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
39. 39.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3

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