Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 528 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
3. 3.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
10. 10.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
11. 11.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
12. 12.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
14. 14.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
21. 21.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
23. 23.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
24. 24.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
25. 25.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
27. 27.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
28. 28.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
29. 29.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
30. 30.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
31. 31.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
32. 32.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
33. 33.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
38. 38.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
39. 39.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
40. 40.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL

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