Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 596 · 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 “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
5. 5.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
6. 6.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
7. 7.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
8. 8.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
9. 9.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
10. 10.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
11. 11.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
12. 12.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
18. 18.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
23. 23.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
24. 24.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
27. 27.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
29. 29.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
30. 30.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
34. 34.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
37. 37.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
38. 38.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u

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