Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 686 · 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) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
8. 8.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
11. 11.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
13. 13.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
16. 16.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
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
18. 18.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
19. 19.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
23. 23.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
24. 24.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
26. 26.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
27. 27.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
28. 28.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
29. 29.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
30. 30.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p

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