Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 545 · 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) t (b) d (c) b
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
11. 11.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
13. 13.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
16. 16.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
20. 20.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
27. 27.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
28. 28.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
29. 29.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
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
33. 33.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
34. 34.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
35. 35.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
39. 39.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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