Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 692 · 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 “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
2. 2.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
3. 3.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
5. 5.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
6. 6.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
7. 7.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
8. 8.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
13. 13.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
14. 14.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
15. 15.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
16. 16.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) REE-sipe (c) ri-SIPE
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
19. 19.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
20. 20.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
22. 22.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
29. 29.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
32. 32.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
39. 39.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4

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