Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 674 · 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.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
2. 2.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
3. 3.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
7. 7.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
15. 15.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
16. 16.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
17. 17.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
18. 18.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
28. 28.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
29. 29.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
34. 34.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
35. 35.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
36. 36.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
37. 37.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
38. 38.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD

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