Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 610 · 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.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
2. 2.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
4. 4.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
5. 5.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
17. 17.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
24. 24.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
25. 25.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
32. 32.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
36. 36.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
40. 40.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation