Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 620 · 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 “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
3. 3.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
9. 9.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
10. 10.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
11. 11.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
12. 12.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
13. 13.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
17. 17.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
18. 18.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
19. 19.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
26. 26.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
30. 30.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
31. 31.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
32. 32.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
36. 36.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
39. 39.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
40. 40.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET

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