Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 529 · 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 “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
10. 10.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
14. 14.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
17. 17.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
18. 18.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
19. 19.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
20. 20.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
23. 23.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
26. 26.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
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
31. 31.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
33. 33.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
34. 34.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
36. 36.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
37. 37.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
40. 40.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut

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