Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 612 · 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 “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
8. 8.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
11. 11.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
12. 12.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
13. 13.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
14. 14.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
15. 15.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
17. 17.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
21. 21.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
22. 22.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
25. 25.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
31. 31.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
38. 38.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
39. 39.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m

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