Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 648 · 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 “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
6. 6.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
7. 7.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
14. 14.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
15. 15.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
16. 16.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
18. 18.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
19. 19.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
20. 20.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
23. 23.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
32. 32.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
33. 33.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
34. 34.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
36. 36.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
39. 39.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

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