Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 685 · 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 “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
2. 2.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
3. 3.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
9. 9.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
12. 12.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
17. 17.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
18. 18.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
21. 21.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
22. 22.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
24. 24.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
25. 25.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
28. 28.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
29. 29.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
30. 30.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
36. 36.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
40. 40.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine

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