Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 667 · 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 “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
9. 9.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
17. 17.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
23. 23.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
24. 24.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
29. 29.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
34. 34.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
37. 37.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
38. 38.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ

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