Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 657 · 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 “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
2. 2.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
3. 3.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
5. 5.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
6. 6.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
7. 7.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
8. 8.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
9. 9.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
10. 10.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
19. 19.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
20. 20.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
22. 22.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
23. 23.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
25. 25.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
26. 26.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
27. 27.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
30. 30.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
34. 34.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
37. 37.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup

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