Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 627 · 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 “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
5. 5.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
9. 9.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
10. 10.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
11. 11.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
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
17. 17.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
18. 18.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
19. 19.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
20. 20.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
24. 24.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
25. 25.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
30. 30.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
34. 34.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
35. 35.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
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
37. 37.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

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