Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 552 · 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) b (b) s (c) u
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
4. 4.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
5. 5.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
6. 6.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
9. 9.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
10. 10.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
11. 11.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
15. 15.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
16. 16.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
20. 20.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
21. 21.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
29. 29.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
30. 30.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
31. 31.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
32. 32.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
35. 35.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
36. 36.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
37. 37.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
40. 40.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine

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