Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 592 · 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 “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
4. 4.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
5. 5.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
7. 7.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
8. 8.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
11. 11.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
13. 13.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
15. 15.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
16. 16.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
17. 17.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
18. 18.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
19. 19.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
22. 22.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
25. 25.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
28. 28.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
29. 29.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
31. 31.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
33. 33.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
37. 37.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
39. 39.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
40. 40.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh

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