Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 60 · 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 “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
8. 8.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
9. 9.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
13. 13.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
14. 14.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
15. 15.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
20. 20.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
23. 23.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
30. 30.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
33. 33.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
39. 39.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
40. 40.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun

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