Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 639 · 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 “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
11. 11.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
15. 15.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
16. 16.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
18. 18.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
19. 19.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
21. 21.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
22. 22.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
23. 23.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
28. 28.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
29. 29.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
34. 34.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
38. 38.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
39. 39.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
40. 40.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN

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