Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 607 · 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 “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
6. 6.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
7. 7.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
9. 9.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
10. 10.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
17. 17.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
20. 20.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
22. 22.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
23. 23.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
24. 24.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
25. 25.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
31. 31.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
32. 32.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
38. 38.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it

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