Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 544 · 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) s (c) m
2. 2.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
7. 7.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
8. 8.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
9. 9.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
20. 20.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
21. 21.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
22. 22.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
23. 23.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
28. 28.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
30. 30.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
31. 31.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
34. 34.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
35. 35.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
36. 36.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r

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