Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 581 · 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 “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
8. 8.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
11. 11.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
12. 12.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
15. 15.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
16. 16.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
25. 25.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
27. 27.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
28. 28.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
31. 31.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
32. 32.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
36. 36.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS

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