Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 605 · 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) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
5. 5.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
6. 6.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
13. 13.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
14. 14.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
15. 15.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
21. 21.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
28. 28.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
35. 35.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
36. 36.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
37. 37.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
39. 39.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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