Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 546 · 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 do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
2. 2.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
3. 3.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
8. 8.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
20. 20.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
21. 21.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
22. 22.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
24. 24.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
25. 25.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
26. 26.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
33. 33.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
35. 35.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
39. 39.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
40. 40.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL

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