Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 531 · 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 “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
5. 5.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
6. 6.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
11. 11.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
12. 12.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
15. 15.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
19. 19.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
22. 22.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
23. 23.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
24. 24.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
27. 27.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
31. 31.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
32. 32.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
36. 36.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
37. 37.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
39. 39.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

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