Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 662 · 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.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
3. 3.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
9. 9.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
12. 12.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
13. 13.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
14. 14.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
15. 15.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
19. 19.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
20. 20.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
24. 24.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
27. 27.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
28. 28.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
29. 29.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
31. 31.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
32. 32.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
39. 39.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

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