Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 670 · 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 “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
8. 8.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
9. 9.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
10. 10.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
11. 11.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
17. 17.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
21. 21.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
26. 26.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
27. 27.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
28. 28.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
29. 29.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT

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