Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 559 · 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 “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
2. 2.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
3. 3.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
8. 8.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
10. 10.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
16. 16.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
17. 17.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
21. 21.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
22. 22.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
25. 25.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
27. 27.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
28. 28.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
29. 29.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
33. 33.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
38. 38.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
39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
40. 40.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu

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