Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 593 · 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 “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
6. 6.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
14. 14.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
15. 15.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
19. 19.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
20. 20.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
23. 23.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
25. 25.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
31. 31.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
32. 32.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
33. 33.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
35. 35.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
36. 36.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
37. 37.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
38. 38.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
39. 39.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
40. 40.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON

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