Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 629 · 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 “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
6. 6.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
7. 7.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
11. 11.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
14. 14.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
17. 17.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
18. 18.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
25. 25.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
26. 26.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
27. 27.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
28. 28.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
31. 31.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
39. 39.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

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