Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 645 · 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 “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
12. 12.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
13. 13.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
14. 14.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
23. 23.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
28. 28.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
31. 31.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
32. 32.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
33. 33.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
35. 35.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
36. 36.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
37. 37.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED

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