Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 671 · 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 “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
2. 2.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
7. 7.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
9. 9.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
18. 18.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
19. 19.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
20. 20.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
22. 22.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
26. 26.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
29. 29.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
30. 30.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
33. 33.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
35. 35.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
36. 36.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
37. 37.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET

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