Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 617 · 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 “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
4. 4.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
7. 7.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
11. 11.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
12. 12.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
16. 16.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
17. 17.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
25. 25.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
29. 29.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
30. 30.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
31. 31.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
32. 32.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
35. 35.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
36. 36.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
37. 37.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
39. 39.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
40. 40.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus

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