Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 591 · 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 “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
3. 3.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
4. 4.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
5. 5.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
11. 11.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
12. 12.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
15. 15.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
16. 16.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
22. 22.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
26. 26.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
27. 27.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
30. 30.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
31. 31.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
35. 35.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
38. 38.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
39. 39.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
40. 40.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut

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