Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 586 · 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 do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
2. 2.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
3. 3.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
4. 4.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
6. 6.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
12. 12.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
18. 18.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
19. 19.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
20. 20.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
22. 22.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
23. 23.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
24. 24.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
30. 30.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
31. 31.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
33. 33.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
34. 34.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
37. 37.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4

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