Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 625 · 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 “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
2. 2.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
3. 3.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
4. 4.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
10. 10.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
13. 13.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
15. 15.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
19. 19.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
23. 23.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
24. 24.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
27. 27.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
28. 28.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
29. 29.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
35. 35.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WOO-men (c) WO-men
38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss

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