Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 555 · 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.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
5. 5.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
8. 8.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
9. 9.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
16. 16.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
19. 19.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
22. 22.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
23. 23.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
24. 24.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
25. 25.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
34. 34.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
36. 36.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
39. 39.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
40. 40.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT

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