Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 616 · 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) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
3. 3.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
4. 4.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
12. 12.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
18. 18.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
20. 20.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
21. 21.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
24. 24.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
25. 25.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
28. 28.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
29. 29.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
30. 30.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
31. 31.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
37. 37.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l

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