Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 630 · 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 do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
2. 2.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
6. 6.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
7. 7.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
11. 11.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
18. 18.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
24. 24.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
25. 25.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
29. 29.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
30. 30.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
38. 38.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n

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