Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 589 · 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 “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
7. 7.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
15. 15.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
21. 21.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
24. 24.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
25. 25.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
26. 26.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
35. 35.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
36. 36.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
40. 40.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss

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