Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 566 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
4. 4.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
12. 12.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
15. 15.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
17. 17.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
21. 21.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
22. 22.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
25. 25.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
26. 26.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
27. 27.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
34. 34.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
35. 35.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
36. 36.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
39. 39.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
40. 40.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT

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