Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 594 · 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 “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
7. 7.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
13. 13.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
25. 25.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
26. 26.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
40. 40.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT

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